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Recently BillP, the author of the antispyware application WinPatrol asked on the MSDN forums about a problem he was having with his application.
His app called PlaySound(MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_WOOF), hInst, SND_RESOURCE | SND_SYNC | SND_NOWAIT) but it was failing (returning false).
He was wondering if this might be a bug in Vista's playsound implementation – a reasonable assumption given that his application worked just fine on previous versions of Windows.
I knew that we were passing all the PlaySound regression tests, and there are a number of elements of Windows that use SND_RESOURCE (the pearl startup sound is one of them), so the SND_RESOURCE functionality wasn't broken. I was puzzled for a bit and then I realized that there WAS one change to PlaySound in Vista (other than some general code cleanup, the addition of support for the SND_SENTRY and SND_SYSTEM flags and support for accessibility events on PlaySound).
For Vista, I tightened up the validation logic that's used when checking files before the PlaySound call. Among other things, we check to make sure that:
a) The cbSize field in the "fmt " tag in the WAV file is less than 1K in length and
b) The WAVEFORMATEX in the "fmt " tag in the WAV file fits inside the "fmt " tag (done by checking that the waveformatex->cbSize+sizeof(WAVEFORMATEX) is less than the size of the "fmt " chunk[1]).
I downloaded BillP's app, and checked the resources in the file. And in sure enough, the WAVEFORMATEX in the file had a length of 0x38 when it should have been 0. Once I patched his binary to change the 0x38 to a 0, his application stared barking away.
At this point there are two options: (1) BillP can fix his application to correct the corrupted resource or (2) Microsoft can change the PlaySound API to allow this kind of corruption (either to allow a bogus cbSize or to edit the app's WAVEFORMATEX to "fix" the bogus cbSize). Changing PlaySound is not trivial at this point, and it's not clear what the right fix is – the error might be in the size of the "fmt " chunk, which means that the information in the cbSize field might be accurate. In addition, the downstream audio rendering APIs are likely to choke on these malformed structures anyway.
It's this kind of subtle breaking change that makes modifying any of the older Windows APIs such a nightmare.
[1] We only check if the "fmt " chunk size is greater than sizeof(WAVEFORMAT) – if the "fmt " chunk is sizeof(WAVEFORMAT) than we assume that this structure is a WAVEFORMAT structure, which doesn't have a cbSize field.


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Ruth, 66, a former social worker who has recently divorced, writes:
'I see plenty of advice in the press about planning for retirement but little on how to budget future spending when retired on a fixed income with some savings.
Obviously, much depends on individual lifestyle and attitude to risk, but the major problem is not knowing your 'sell-by' date and how long your limited savings have to last.
I moved into a flat last August, valued at about £200,000. I have an interest-only mortgage of £7,000. I am responsible for repairs and decoration to my part of the property. I would like to spend some money on the flat, and may need to replace my car in the not too distant future.
As well as the equity in the house, I have £65,000 in savings and investments consisting of£627,000 in a mixture of mini-cash Isas, savings accounts and National Savings, and £37,000 in Peps, unit trusts and a few shares.
My net monthly income after deductions is £980, consisting of an occupational pension, state pension and a small annuity. I am also working part-time but I am not sure how long that will continue.
In the main, my income is sufficient to cover my regular bills but not all the things I would like to enjoy, such as a few expensive holidays and more visits to the theatre. I would also like to entertain and buy nice presents for my three very supportive children and to open savings accounts for my two grandchildren, or perhaps stakeholder pensions.
My dilemma is that I do not know how long I may be fit and able to do some of the activities I enjoy so much. My inclination is to 'seize the moment' and do them while I can. Should I dip into my savings to fund these activities? Is there a suggested 'rule of thumb'?
Is it sensible to use my savings over the next, say, 10 years to enjoy them? If I am not dead or seriously incapacitated by then, I could always consider releasing some equity in my house by moving to something cheaper or an equity release scheme, couldn't I? Or should I still be topping up my pension with stakeholder plans?'
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I am sure many retired people share your feelings. Often, having struggled to build up their retirement savings, people are over-cautious and live frugally when they retire for fear of running out of capital. Instead most of their savings are used to pay for long-term care, or eroded by inheritance tax when they die. I think your idea of spending some of your capital so you can enjoy your retirement to the full is a better idea.
But first you should pay off your mortgage. As Amanda Davidson of independent financial Holden Meehan says: 'It does not make sense for Ruth to be paying mortgage interest while she is getting lesser rates on her cash deposits. Therefore she should use some of her premium bonds, Nationwide account and even the mini-cash Isas to repay her mortgage. She will need to check there is no penalty for doing so, but even if there is, she could still find the potential savings outweigh the costs. Having paid off her mortgage, she will have the joint benefit of owning her flat outright and increasing her monthly income through the savings on the mortgage payments.'
This will leave you with savings of roughly £57,000. If you are going to use up your capital, Davidson says there are two models you could look at. One is to assume you will live to 100, the other is to take the 10-year perspective you have suggested.
According to Davidson, if you did not want to use up your capital until age 100, you could take an additional 'income' of about £2,200 per annum, assuming a growth rate of 5 per cent and inflation of 3 per cent. However, if you wanted to use your capital over 10 years, then you could increase your income by about £6,000 on the same assumptions.
On the other hand, you could go for a happy medium. Clive Down, retirement adviser at Wentworth Rose, points out that for the purposes of a purchased life annuity, actuaries would currently assume you had a life expectancy of about 20 years. As a result, the yield you would currently get on this type of annuity would be approximately 6.5 per cent, which would equate to the return of your capital plus interest over the period. Down believes this would be a good guide to utilising your own capital.
He suggests that after pay ing off your mortgage, you should keep about £17,000 in cash accounts to meet future bills and pay for improvements to your flat, and then aim to take 6.5 per cent in 'income' from your remaining £40,000. This would give you an extra £2,600 a year.
To achieve this you could consider, where appropriate, switching your existing Peps into higher-yielding bond funds or distribution funds. High-yielding bond funds are currently offering yields of between 4.5 per cent and 8.5 per cent. Standard Life's Higher Income fund, for example, was recently yielding 7.68 per cent. Bear in mind there is likely be some capital volatility with these funds, but since income is your priority this should not be a problem for you.
As well as helping to boost your income, another advantage of switching to fixed-interest funds is that they will continue to maintain their tax efficiency after next April, attracting 20 per cent tax credits on all income generated, whereas tax credits on equity Peps and Isas will cease after that date.
You already have two bond funds in your portfolio - Marks & Spencer High Income, which yields 6.3 per cent, and Woolwich Corporate Bond, yielding 4.3 per cent. Both have reasonable performance records so they may be worth holding on to, but consider switching your other Peps and selling your shares and reinvesting the money in an Isa. Another tax-efficient option for this purpose would be a distribution fund, such as New Star Dis tribution, yielding 4.92 per cent. These funds invest in a mix of fixed-interest securities and equities but still qualify for full tax credits.
Another way of boosting your income is to invest in a stakeholder pension that will pay out immediately, offered by insurers such as Standard Life. Clive Down points out that if you invest £2,808 a year net in one of these pensions, it will be immediately topped up to £3,600 through tax relief. You will then receive a tax-free lump sum of £900 (bringing your net outlay down to £1,908) plus an annual income of £172. This may not sound much but it is equivalent to a yield of 9 per cent on your initial investment.
If you need more money you could cash in part of your Pep investments from time to time. As a backstop, you can always consider releasing equity from your property, although this should be a last resort.
Ruth's plan
1. Pay off your mortgage.
2. Switch your Peps and other investments into higher-yielding bond funds or distribution funds to maximise your income.
3. Check the rates on your savings regularly to make sure they are competitive.
4. Consider taking out an immediate-vesting stakeholder pension.
5. Use up your capital over a period of years to supplement your income.
6. Use equity release as a last resort.
7. For your grandchildren, consider an investment trust savings plan.
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I'd discovered this myself to my complete surprise a month ago upon seeing that pic of he and Stallone with each other at a Brady get rid of zee guns (!) fundraiser.
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"Mac tells me that he has been coming to this shop for 10 years, amassing a collection of pistols, rifles and shotguns for target practice and some hunting. ''They call me the Peaceful Hunter,'' Mac deadpans. ''Because I never kill anything..."
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Chapter 2
A human bone. That's what I am sure the object is. It is covered in the orange dust, but it still glistens when in the direct sunlight.
I want to throw the bone behind me, or more rather to another planet. I never have liked bones, so you may be able to sum up what I was feeling at the moment, actually holding an real human leg.
But just like the force that kept me digging, I can't let go of it. Can't take my eyes off of the thing. I try to take shallow breaths, try to keep from vomiting.
But out of no where, something suddenly appears on the bone. At first glance, I register it as carefully printed handwriting. I squint and try to read it.
Keep digging. The words seem to bounce around in my mind before finally sinking in.
Then the words are fading just as fast as they appeared. I turn the bone over in my hands, searching for the words. But the instructions are gone. They are imprinted in my brain, though. I drop the bone and it crashes to the bottom of the hole.
I take a deep breath. But before I know it, it is happening again. I am being dragged to another spot on the wall. My hands lift to level with the side of the crater and more dirt enters my fingernails as I resume digging.
I shake my head to try to get myself to snap out of the uncontrollable stupor that has taken over my body. I lost control of my limbs a long time ago. The force isn't holding back. And for some strange reason, I still feel the pain. But when I cry out in distress, my body only pushes more. Soon I am screaming, screaming even though no one will hear me.
My fingers hit something else, and I pull it out to discover that it is a spine. A human spine. When my eyes are laid on it, this time I gag. There is dried blood on this one, along with the orange dirt and the shiny substance that covers the outside.
I hold it vertically, and soon the words appear again.
Only one more, Raine. These words leave me puzzling. One more? Does it mean one more bone? And how does it know my name?
The questions flood my mind, and soon many others enter as well. But before I can read the message again, it's gone. But my body knows exactly what to do. I throw the spine on top of the leg bone, and the two clank when they meet. My body presumes forward to a spot untouched in the wall.
My fingers immediently lift up to start clawing at this new surface. More pain invades my body. Most of it is worse than the two previous times. But my body still sticks to digging.
When my fingers touch the next bone, I realize that it, too, is worse. Soon I am holding the skull in my hands, and I turn it over and over until my brain finally reacts to it.
"Oh, my God." I drop the skull and it bounces off of my boot. This time I do vomit. Just the thought that the bones were actually in a human made me retch more.
After several minutes of this, I remember the message. Even though I am not in a stupor anymore, I still am intrigued to know what this message will say. Carefully making my way to the spot where I dropped the skull, I lift the human bone in my hands. Thankfully, I did not miss the message. I think it actually waited for me.
Good job, my child. Put the bones back and await a surprise.


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The other huntersMature
It doesn't take long for news of Alex Daly to get through.
We work for the same company. A company that poses as a locksmith's. But we're all here to protect humankind from creatures that prey on us and endanger us. We're based in the UK. It's a hideously Americanised operation, but the Americans supply our firearms and various other bits of weaponry that they can send our way. So we put up with it.
The boss has called a big meeting of some kind to figure out how we're going to deal with the situation. Because y'see, Alex was one of our best hunters. Some of us were quite good friends with him, too.
It's always harder to kill someone you know, even if they've become a threat.
I hope they don't choose me to deal with him. Because though I was always slightly bitter that when we worked together, he made me keep watch while he put an end to those abominations, we were always quite good friends.
In a way, I'm kinda glad we have the meeting today. I had office work all piling up and I'd planned to spend the day sifting through it and getting it done. I was getting bored of the curious - and the longing - stares. Don't be fooled by the name. I may be called Joey, but I am one hundred percent woman.
And don't the guys in the office cling onto that.
Not too many women are into hunting. I've never understood that one. Women complain about sexism all the time, yet they're quite happy to step back and call this a "man's job". Stupid.
Tell you another thing that's stupid, too. My outfit. Office work means smart clothes, right? Right. So being more of a hunter, I don't seem to own many of those kinds of clothes. Meaning I'm in a pencil skirt that comes to just above my knees if I pull it far enough. Otherwise it rides up. Oh and a blouse that enhances my figure. It must have been the outfit that got me my job here.
This outfit is attracting too much attention. I might start carrying my gun around the office. These losers are beginning to piss me off. I have a husband. They know this. It makes them stare more, I swear.
Finally, boss yells something over the tannoy that no one hears, but everyone understands. Get to the conference room.
So we all get up and file out of the office and filter into the conference room. Aidan, one of the guys that Alex worked with, glances at me awkwardly as we walk in and we end up sitting together.
"Hey," I mutter as I sit down, tugging on my skirt as I bend to make sure the hem line stays near my knees. He smiles at me and eyes me briefly, taking in the office clothes.
"Y'know, I think I prefer you in your hunting gear. You look a lot less scary in a pair of joggers and a white top," he laughs quietly. I nod and laugh too.
"Yeah, I prefer the hunting gear too, believe me. I just realised that the papers were all piling up and I had nothing better to be doing today," I grimace and Aidan opens his mouth to say something, but stops as boss walks in.
"As you are now all aware, one of our finest hunters, Alex Daly, has fallen to the vampires," there's no screwing around. The boss comes in, says what he has to say, does what he has to do and just gets on with it. I wish all my old bosses had been like this. Though the way he says that Alex fell to the vampires makes it sound as though he chose this. He couldn't have chosen this. I want to object, but boss just keeps talking, cutting off the angry muttering that washes along the table like a fire down a trail of gunpowder.
"We must, regrettably, deal with the risk he now poses. As a newborn and an experienced fighter, Alex is too dangerous to leave alive much longer." We already know this. What are you trying to do, rub it in that we should have known he was going to go nuts and run off on his own with no planning of any kind after this one vampire? Boss looks at each one of us in turn, the look in his eyes sombre and depressingly serious.
"You have to remember that when you find him, he is no longer the Alex we knew. He has been made into a shell of the person he once was - a bloodthirsty, murderous shell. He must be exterminated."


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A revitilization of past experiences not daunted by time or space.
Nevermore nevermore, quoth the raven.
The life of the universe flows through the pours of every created being that has roamed a time or space.
The particles of air richochet off of this thing that cannot be seen. It is something more than simple thought.
This feeling, I do not know, is a mighty force that tears through everything and nothing all at once.
I assure you, you cannot feel it. You are too cold.
But I know it, and this wave cools my soul. Though not physical in the least, this figment of my imagination is strong enough to penetrate what I am.
Must be the echolocation of my mind, because I sent out my wave a long time ago, and only now does it return to bring results.
Simply put without the dance of words: It's back, unperterbed by the time from then to now, and the distances I've-
What could I possibly tell you has come to pass if I do not want them myself.
This isn't some simply mathematical equation, with variables of x and y that'll yield some result I could base my reaction with.
Because my standard reaction for this is something I do not want.
I think it's the Irony of this ordeal that has me multiplying by negative one, because I would never have seen myself making a call like this.
I do not want this vibration.
But it wants me.
I would not like to deal with this-
but it remains no matter my action.
The only solution for it
is one that's impossible to make.
No cause for alarm, let me chart my data a bit more, but this wave that's come back shows that you can ever have bad news with data.
And to think: all of science is to disprove everything.


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Two firefighters were injured in the Antelope area early this morning when a driver struck them with his car and fled the scene.
Firefighters were responding to a call at Watt Avenue and Elverta Road of a man passed out inside his car with the engine still running.
Sgt. Lisa Bowman with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department says when firefighters approached the car, that's when the suspect woke up.
"He put the vehicle into reverse and took the firefighters with him as he backed through the parking lot at a high rate of speed until he hit a tree," Bowman said.
The suspect, Leontiy Kapakly, then fled the scene -- leaving the first responders injured.
A good description of the car was given and deputies began searching. Then they received a call from a homeowner on Ort Way.
"The homeowner had no idea who was in the car, who owned the car, why the car was in his driveway. So a search of the backyard -- the K-9 found him," Bowman said.
The 23-year-old suspect was taken into custody and police are trying to figure out if he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.


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PS3 Charging Controllers in Standby Mode [Project][ Edited ]
Inspired by the PS4 charging controllers in Standby Mode, I went out and thought it would be cool if I could somehow retrofit that function to the PS3. Well, one month of research looking up how to charge a DualShock 3, a few prototypes here and there, buying some parts, then a long break for one month because of college and then a weekend of putting it all together and now I'll never have a dead controller again.
This is all done without software tampering or messing with the firmware, thus the PS3 remains legitimate.
NOTE: The date is WRONG! It should be 2013 and not 2012!
Must be because it was 2AM when I finished the board and I was having a headache from soldering tiny chips.
This is the completed "Charge Board" which is to be installed on the PS3. It basically serves as a switch. When the PS3 is switched on and playing games, the Opto-Isolator (Black Rectangle, Top-Left) activates, causing the Multiplexers (Two Squares, Middle and Right) to relay the PS3 Motherboard USB signals. Therefore the USB Ports operate normally.
When the PS3 is then put into standby mode, the Opto-Isolator deactivates. The Multiplexers stop relaying USB Signals to the PS3's motherboard. Then they start relaying signals from two microchips (one for each front USB Port) instead. When a Dualshock 3 or a Playstation Move is connected, the microchip sends a signal, going through the multiplexer, then out the USB Port, then into the controller. The controller is then instructed to charge.
A Voltage Regulator (Upright Rectangle, Black, Lower Left) steps down voltage from 5V to 3.3V. The multiplexers need 3.3V to run.
These are the two microchips that the controllers communicate with in order to charge.
Unlike many devices that charges on USB ports, Dualshock 3s and PSMoves do NOT support DCP. This is why they cannot charge with regular wall adaptors shipped with smartphones. They have to explicitly be told to charge, even when 5V is given to them.
While DCP chargers are now common these days, and it seems that it was a mistake not to support DCP on controllers, this wasn't always the case. The PS3 was released (2006) before the USB Consortum released the Dedicated Charging Port specification (2007). Sony might just be following rules where negotiation must take place before full power is drawn, which is why the microchips are needed.
These chips are plucked from a controller charging station module. More specifically, this one. Note that I just got the part that clips on the controller, I didn't have the charging mat it went on.
Installed on the PS3, it looks like a big mess. I did tidy this one up before closing it up (no photo, sorry!). It doesn't seem to interfere with airflow that much as I left the power supply air intake clear.
I also took this as an opportunity to rework the Rear USB Ports Mod, now relocating the USB hub at the back, and tightening up the wiring.
And finally, a shot of it working! Here it is charging two controllers, then a PSMove also charges on it. Note the red light: It's in standby mode.
I think this offers a glimpse of how convenient the PS4's ability to charge controllers when powered off. I could play all I want, then power the system down and connect the controller and have it charge there. Next time someone else plays, it's full and ready to run.
- This may be easily be built into the PS3 on future models. On it's very core, you only need one multiplexer, one communication IC and a few supporting components to pull it off per USB port. The components are also tiny and won't take up much board space if built in.
- No, I'm not making more of these. Soldering ten hair thin wires on tiny tiny DGS chips with tiny tiny quarter-millimeter solder points and tiny tiny half-millimeter spaces takes a lot of time and results in a lot of mental stress. Never again. Hours lost when one mistake snowballed to a big mistake and I have to start over.
- Rejected Idea: Dual Power Supply, Enhanced Charging. I was going to put a second Power Supply in there that provides 5V at 4,000mA. This would also allow the PS3 to act as a fast charging station, charging smartphones and tablets at 2.1A (4x the power of regular USB). However I had to drop the idea because I didn't have enough space to install the power supply. Not to mention the difficulty of soldering a more complex multiplexer (Hand Soldering BGA chips? Not a chance.) as well as another tiny tiny DGS chip to support Tablet/iPhone/Smartphone Charging plus programming a Microcontroller to manage all those charging modes was just too complex and large to cram in the PS3.
- Scrape Scrape Scrape... For this mod, 6 tiny traces on the circuitboard have to be severed. With a knife. One scrape was so deep (by accident) I penetrated the top layer and nearly damaged the traces below the surface! Was a close one, I tell you.
- No More Mods. This PS3 is maxed out. There is no more space to cram anything in. Therefore this may be the last and final extra this PS3 will ever recieve.
- Remote Start needs to be turned on for it to work. Remote Start is the only way the USB ports will be active on sleep mode. This is because when Remote Start is on, it's the only way the 12V rail will be energized. If it's off, the power supply goes to "Deep Sleep" mode and won't be on enough to output 12V. I did try to splice the 5V line (which is active even when sleeping) but then the PS3 started acting erratically.
- Seamless Operation! The Multiplexer does a seamless job of toggling from two different USB hosts. When powering on, any charging controllers continue to charge. At the end of a long game session, any connected controllers will continue to charge on sleep. It works so smoothly, in fact, that one can say it was factory done. USB Ports still operate with zero loss of functionality, it still reads flash drives, PS2 Controller Adapters, PSVitas and more.
- Minor Bug: The PS Button doesn't wake up the PS3. If a DS3 or Move is connected to the PS3, the PS button won't wake up the PS3 from Standby. You'll have to press the front power button OR remove the USB cable then press the PS button. This seems to be a side effect of the Multiplexer redirecting all the controller inputs to the charging IC and not the PS3's circuit board. This is no big deal as the controller is connected to the PS3, and the power button is so close anyway. (And really, the controller's fully charged, just disconnect it and then press the button. )
That's just about it.
Comments Welcome! Now to get some sleep.
DISCLAIMER: If you attempt to do this to your PS3, and then it doesn't work, neither me nor anyone in this forum or anyone who runs said forum is responsible!


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Chapter Seventeen, Part One: Gymnopédie IIMature
"I may have mentioned the design to a prominent tailor, but I honestly don't see how you can stand to wear that thing, even if it is extremely comfortable… and sexist."
River Song takes the Doctor's hand in hers and pats his knuckles gently. "You'd think you were pregnant, the way you carry on, my love." Her fingers lace in his as they walk down the blue-grey path to the square of purple park grass.
His fingers clench suddenly away from her, and he's bending, his hand a tight claw against his stomach.
Vision, for the Doctor, becomes a narrow focus, a single pinpoint of brightness at the end of a dark, square tunnel. Billions of tunnels. He's in a maze, running. And suddenly the maze is full of light.
River helps him to one of the benches, the nearest one. It has a stone drink holder on the side.
"My god, Theta- are you all right?" Now her fingers brush his face, but he's not listening. His forehead is hot, and her own hand is on her stomach now, checking for temperature differences she might have missed.
"Not you, Melody," he manages, gagging against what he knows is coming. He hates himself for it. "It's a friend of mine. Please go and get us a nice basket of fried Pnyy and veg chips, the ones… with the…" He grabs her hand, squeezing a little too tightly; she feels a joint pop. "Sorry, my love… you can't meet this one yet. He might shoot you, because he doesn't love you yet, and that won't make it very fun for me!"
She ruffles his hair. It sprawls wetly down over his forehead, and a chuckle escapes her. He looks like a drowned rabbit.


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However, the second mail that was sent out, which said that the mail was sent out by the email account holder's younger brother and that he did not mean any harm. Friday's threatening E-mail had raised an alarm, which led to a tightened security. In fact, a campus safety advisory was issued and a public event about the experiences of Asian Americans at Harvard was postponed.
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The MLS All-Star team is set to take on Manchester United in a match-up that should be entertaining, but clearly won't be easy.
New York Red Bulls head coach Hans Backe will be tasked with selecting a lineup capable of keeping up with the English champions, something that will be a bit more difficult after LA Galaxy and U.S. national team star Landon Donovan bowed out of the match with an injury.
There is still plenty of firepower to build a good squad, and certainly enough star power to keep fans interested in this mid-season friendly.
So who will Backe turn to as starters against Manchester United? Here is the squad we can see him trotting out at Red Bull Arena on Wednesday:
No real surprises here. We could certainly see Hans Backe going with Omar Cummings or Omar Bravo up top instead of Wondolowski, but it remains unclear just how healthy Cummings is at the moment.
Think the Joseph-Beckerman tandem is a bit too defensive? Keep in mind that Joseph can definitely get forward if called on to do so.
As for the defense, a Ream-Olave combo works well because Olave's speed can cover for Ream's lack of speed while Ream can play the role of distributor out of the back. Heath Pearce is playing centerback for Chivas USA these days, but Hans Backe is well aware that Pearce can play left back, and would easily be one of the best left backs in MLS if he played there regularly.
We've put Faryd Mondragon in goal, and he's been outstanding, but Backe could be tempted to give Kasey Keller the nod given this is his final season before retirement. Either way, it seems a good bet that Keller gets on the field on Wednesday.
What do you think of this squad? Who would you replace? Who would you start that didn't make our cut?
Share your thoughts below.
Way too many quality MLS players will not be there for various reasons. United 5 all stars 1.
Even though im a big mls fan Man United will laugh, put in their near 4th string and win comfortably.
Red Devils-3 MLS All Stars-1
Reply, i dare you.
Everyone here knows absolutely nothing about the gam, NOTHINNGGGGG its embarassing.
reply i dare you.
beck's and henry's service? haha who da fook r u?????
Out with injuries…
euroswine's father
If Seattle's starters go 1-0…I think MLS wins this one 3-2
"reply i dare you"? what are you, 8 years old? Grow up. im sure this guy is that "Po" commenter. How do I know? Cuz you keep posting comments that do not further conversation.
Let me give you an example on why i said that they are still wanted by big clubs:Just recently, I guess you didnt know that a club called "Tottenham Hotspur" (i didnt lose you yet did I?), who plays in the EPL (english premier league) wanted to secure Becks on loan a few months ago but it didnt happen. Did i dumb it down enough for you to understand or are you going to keep on ridiculing me with a 5 word response?
Brent McD
The line-up has two holding midfielder. I'd rather see De Ro with Joseph or a more attacking midfielder in the middle with him. I'm not a big Wondolowski fan just because he's not as good as several of the other people in MLS. Agudelo won't start I guess, but Agudelo is a better soccer player than Wondo. I've seen comments about Agudelo's movement but he seems to always be moving and looking to get open and he's good at either attacking or shielding the ball until he can make a good pass to someone else. I don't see Wondo really attacking or shooting against Man U. I could see Henry not even passing to Wondo. Otherwise, the line-up looks pretty good. Lots of injuries are effecting it. I'd love to see Feilhaber in the All-Star Game, but people felt he hasn't done enough to make the team or start. Brek Shea deserves a start just on performance and skill level. There are better left backs than Pearce. So, I don't think Pearce or Wondo should start and Shea and De Ro should start. It was weird that Backe traded De Ro for McCarty because one is a holding mid and the other is an attacking mdi. I bet they'd play well together.


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I have over 500 machines being managed by spiceworks. these are being collected by 5 robots to a central server. all running ver. 4.7.
the nightly warranty checker only manages to check a handful of machines each night..
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A group of rifle-toting hunters were trying to round up their hounds in Ocala National Forest (Lake County, Fla.) when they came across an illicit sewage dump. The smell emanating from the dump—apparently from a sewage truck that had improperly liberated its contents at the roadside location—was noxious enough to send seven of the hunters to the hospital.
India city legalizes bribery
Before Ajay Shankar Pandey took the helm as Ghaziabad's municipal commissioner, municipal contractors weren't being paid, officials were demanding bribes, and crucial services were falling by the wayside. So Pandey legalized bribery—contractors now pay the city 15% of what they receive for a job, and the funds are channeled back into city projects. In three months, the practice has garnered the city $4.7 million.
'Holy' road
A group of Christians believes Isaiah 35:8 ("A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness") refers to I-35, which runs from southern Texas to northern Minnesota. They've been praying up and down the interstate in the hopes of keeping it free from tragedy (such as the I-35 bridge collapse near Minneapolis, and President Kennedy's assassination near I-35 in Dallas 44 years ago). Owners of the strip clubs and adult stores along I-35 landscape are not shouting "hallelujah."


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By: Alex Ferrieras
August 13, 2012
If you've always had a bank account, it's hard to imagine life without writing a check, hitting the ATM or swiping a debit card at the grocery store.
But for more than a million Californians, life without a bank account is the norm. They're known as the "unbanked": those who don't own a traditional bank account, either checking or savings.
Instead, they typically stash their cash at home and often rely on high-cost services that provide payday loans or check-cashing.
For the past several years, the state's "Bank on California" program has been working to change that, offering free or low-cost checking accounts at banks and credit unions to those who normally wouldn't qualify. Recently, Golden 1, the state's largest credit union, launched a similar program to aid the unbanked.
"Without a bank account, everything is more difficult: paying rent, your utilities ..." said Alana Golden, spokeswoman for the state Department of Financial Institutions, which oversees the Bank on California program.
Since December 2008, more than 214,000 free or low-cost "Bank On" accounts have been opened in California. In addition, the program conducted more than 2,000 financial education workshops for low- and moderate-income families.
"The hope is they'll open a checking account to pay their bills, but also to start saving," Golden added. "It's an important step in becoming financially independent."
Estimates vary, but in a 2009 study, the FDIC said more than 1 million California households are unbanked. Nationally, it pegged about 9 million households with 17.1 million adults as unbanked. Statistically, they are younger, less educated and lower-income families.
Since first launched as a pilot project in San Francisco in 2006, the Bank on California program has grown to eight communities statewide. More than 30 banks participate, including Bank of America, Bank of the West, Wells Fargo, and SAFE and Schools Financial credit unions.
Golden said the Department of Financial Institutions is actively looking for more financial partners in rural areas, as well as major metropolitan regions like San Diego. Each of the eight programs has a coalition of financial partners, nonprofits and local government agencies that offer the starter bank accounts, as well as financial education workshops.
Typically, when consumers apply for a checking account, the financial institution runs them through a scoring system that rates their risk, based on any banking history of overdrafts, etc. If the score is too low, the bank typically denies them an account.
Programs like Golden 1's "SmartStart" accounts are designed to meet the intent of the Bank On program. "They're to provide a checking account for people who have been locked out for past performance issues or locked out because they don't have checking history," said Scott Ingram, Golden 1's vice president of marketing.
For now, Golden 1 isn't officially part of the Bank On program, but has tailored its program to meet the requirements and expects to join it a year from now. Like Bank On, SmartStart requires no minimum balance to open an account, charges no monthly fees and comes with a debit card. There also is free online and mobile banking service.
Notably, there is no overdraft protection: If a consumer tries to swipe the debit card without sufficient funds in the account, the transaction is denied.
"That's key to helping people avoid getting into trouble," Ingram said.
Why is a bank account considered so important?
"Checking accounts give you the ability to fit into society just like anybody else," said Ingram. Without an account, "the only options these folks have are check-cashing services and payday lenders," which often charge higher fees for short-term loans. "It's a real vicious cycle to break out of," he noted.
It can also be dangerous.
"Families without accounts don't have a safe place to keep their money," notes the website of Bank On San Francisco, which piloted the first program in 2006 to reach that city's estimated 50,000 unbanked households. "They walk around with wads of cash in their pockets or keep it at home in a coffee can. Robberies are more prevalent around check cashers, especially on payday."
And in the event of a natural disaster, like Hurricane Katrina or wildfires, unbanked individuals can be particularly vulnerable, seeing their savings washed away or burned up with the rest of their belongings.
According to the FDIC study, the most common reasons cited by the unbanked for not having an account include: not enough money to qualify; don't see a need; fees and minimum balances too high; too many bounced checks.
Despite not widely promoting its SmartStart program, Golden 1 said it has opened more than 1,850 accounts at various branches statewide.
"It exceeds our expectations," said Ingram, who said the response indicates a clear need for these types of starter accounts.
For BofA, which participates in seven Bank On programs in California as well as those in other states, they "simply provide a way for the unbanked to save money, build wealth and work their way towards economic wellness," said BofA spokeswoman Colleen Haggerty in an email.
Nevertheless, it'll likely take some persuading to entice many of California's unbanked into the world of checkbooks and ATMs.
Gina Alvarado, 44, used to have a checking account, but the monthly fees, bounced check charges and unexpected debits hit her hard.
"They can take your whole paycheck and then how do you feed your kids?" said the widowed mother of four, standing outside the Money Mart, a check-cashing office on Broadway.
When she lost her job as a home health aide, Alvarado closed her bank account. "If I had a regular paycheck, it'd be really cool to have a bank account. But if you're only cashing a check once a month, this works out."
--The "unbanked" have no checking or savings account. (The "underbanked" have a bank account, but also rely on payday lenders, pawn shops or check-cashing services.)
--Roughly 9 million U.S. households (7.7 percent) are unbanked; 21 million (17.7 percent) are underbanked.
--54 percent of black households and 43 percent of Hispanic households are unbanked or underbanked, compared with 18 percent of white households.
--In Sacramento, 8.5 percent of residents are unbanked, compared with 7.7 percent statewide
--In California, one in five low-income residents does not have a checking account; nearly half do not have a savings account
--Reasons for not having bank accounts: Fear of hidden fees, distrust, inconvenience, ID requirements, hours/locations, lack of knowledge, previous banking problems
Source: www.BankOn.org, based on 2009 FDIC survey


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Wake-up Call!Mature
"No! Save the cat!" I jolted in my sleep. I shot open my eyes and bolted up into a sitting position.
"What?" I asked air.
"You can't paint the duck! He'll kick your toilet!" I burst out laughing but didn't realize where this was coming from. I swung my legs out of the bed and stood on the hardwood floor.
Floor? Bed? I looked up. Roof? Where was I? Did I win the lottery and get a house?
Did I break into someone's apartement?
My mind was working a mile a minute. Okay Jordan, it doesn't matter where you are. The question is, who is doing all that yelling? Are they alright? Okay, focus. I walked to the door and peeked through the little slit that was open. I heard soft mumbling but I couldn't see anything. Opening it wider, I stepped out onto solid tile and looked around. There was a couch in front of a TV to my left, and a kitchen to my right. I took a wild guess and went to the couch to find the root of my problem.
I gasped and fell back against the wall, my hand catching me. My other hand clutched my heart as I stared at the couch.
How could I have forgotten? Of course I was in Sam's apartement! I stared at him, smiling. My heart was pounding like a jack rabbit's as I stared at Sam. His brown hair played across his forehead and stuck up in places where it probably shouldn't. His lips were moving, quickly and silently, and he looked like a sleeping four-year-old. I watched him sleep. Every now and then he'd move a little bit or pull the blanket closer to his chin. It was fully covering him. Then, at one point, he dropped his hands from holding the blanket up and I realized he wasn't wearing a shirt! I could see his perfectly muscular shoulders, his exceedingly chizled neck. I bit my lip and tried to hide the smile on my face. I put my hands back, going to rest them on the table.
"AH!" I screamed as my hands missed the table and I fell back, the table toppling over with me.
"WHO'S THERE?" I heard Sam yell. He jumped up so that he was now standing on the couch and put his fists up towards the table where I was hiding behind, I could see it all in his mind.
Oh no! I can't fight myself! What if Jordan's hurt? was what he was thinking. I smiled to myself, trying hard not to squeal. I raised my hands and emerged from behind the table.
"I surrender!" I said.
"H-Hi." I pushed my lips together, trying to keep my mouth from dropping open at the sight of his pecs and slight 6-pack. I stared at his abs, my toungue threatening to pop out of my mouth and pant like a dog's. Sam didn't even notice.
"Are you alright?" he asked, jumping off the couch and fixing the table.
"Yeah, I think so," I got up and did a once over. "All's good over here!" He smiled at me and I couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh nothing, it's just," I giggled some more, "You talk in your s-sleep!" I burst out laughing. I clutched my stomach as he stared at me, face pale and eyes wide. I couldn't get enough air to fulfill my laughter, and I snorted. Slapping a hand on my mouth I straightened up and stared at him the same way he was staring at me.
"What did I say?" "Did I just snort?" we said at the same time. "Uh,"
"You know what? I'll make breakfast, if I remember how, and you go have a shower, okay?" I took a piece of hair in my hand, and a huge clump came with it, covered in dirt and I'm pretty sure something was living in it.
"Yeah, I think I do need a shower. Where's the washroom?"
"Right there," he pointed to a door beside the bedroom I'd slept in and smiled at me. I clenched my fists so I wouldn't swoon at his smile. Why was I acting like this? I'd seen plenty of hot guys before, but he seemed almost Godly to me. Weird.
Half an hour and almost half a bottle of shampoo later, I emerged from the washroom with a towel around my hair and one around my body.
"Uh, Sam?"
"Yeah?" he whipped around with a pan of eggs in his hand. I smelt bacon too and my mouth started to water. I was fantasizing when his thoughts interupted mine,
Girl. In towel. In room. Holy Shit. Holy. F-ing. Shit! I giggled nervously and pulled the towel around me closer.
"Do you have clothes I could borrow, maybe?"
"Room . . . drawer . . . go ahead," he said in broken sentences. I giggled again and ran into the room, yanking open a drawer.
"Eep!" wrong drawer, that was boxers! Wait . . . those are comfy! I snatched a pair of green ones, checked to make sure that the hole was buttoned or zipped or whatever it does, and pulled them on. The drawer below it had t-shirts and I pulled one on, relishing in the fact that I was wearing Sam's clothes! Wait . . . where were his 80's clothes? Maybe he was at a costume party . . . yeah, tht explains it! I think.
"Coming!" I called back, hanging my towels over the door, or at least trying to. I jumped, trying to get them to hang ovre the door.
"Need some help?" Sam was leaning against the doorframe, the sun shining off his hair and de-shirtified-torso. Are you breakfast? I thought. Wait! No! You don't even know his last name! Stop it Jordan, stop!
"Y-yes please," I said, blushing. He came over and took the towels from me, placing them on the door easily, considering he was a good 6 inches taller than me. "No fair, I'm short," he laughed and I almost fainted. He even laughed like a God. Was there anything wrong with him? He turned again and I got a glimpse of something. Yupp, he's still a guy. He still gets morning boners. I laughed quietly, glad that the guy I'd kissed yesterday wasn't totally perfect.
Oh my gosh I'd kissed him! He walked back towards the kitchen and I slipped behind the wall in my room, doing a little happy dance. When I came out, I found him doing the same thing.
"Ahem," He quickly stopped and ran towards the kitchen counter, serving up two plates of bacon, eggs and toast.
"I was, uh, there was a bee in my pants!"
"Oh, gotchya," I grinned and bit into my toast, moaning at how good real food tasted on a tainted toungue.


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Trash Disposal Changes in Overland Park
I say it's about damn time! And bring it on! My mom has been preaching recycling to me since I was peeing in my pants. (and after delivering 5 kids naturally, I sometimes still do that)
It's not hard to recycle, folks. You would think my family of 7 would make TONS of trash. Nope. We recycle half of what we use. We used cloth diapers and breastfed for 10 years, drastically cutting our consumption of trash (think of the diapers used by the Duggars!). Even now that I'm mostly on disposable diapers, we don't make much more trash than before. Oh, and we compost our leaves in our garden. I realize not everyone can do that, and that's where the extra stickers come in.
The times I make more trash are, say, after a birthday party or after Christmas. Or after I do a huge purge of the house and find too much stuff that I can't donate or give to friends.
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- 1[transitive, intransitive] steer (something /somebody) (+ adv./prep.) to control the direction in which a boat, car, etc. moves He steered the boat into the harbor. (figurative) He took her arm and steered her toward the door. You row and I'll steer.
- 2[transitive, intransitive] steer (something) (+ adv./prep.) (of a boat, car, etc.) to move in a particular direction The ship steered a course between the islands. The ship steered into port.
- 3[transitive] steer something + adv./prep. to take control of a situation and influence the way in which it develops He managed to steer the conversation away from his divorce. She steered the team to victory. The skill is in steering a middle course between the two extremes. Schools no longer steer girls away from science subjects. Idioms
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Management of Motor and Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder that affects approximately 1 % of people over the age of 60 years. Accurate diagnosis and individualized assessment of the risks and benefits of available antiparkinsonian medications as well as specific clinical features and the phase of disease should guide treatment for patients with PD. Levodopa still remains the gold standard for the treatment of motor symptoms of PD but dopamine agonists (DAs), catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors and monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) inhibitors have also been developed to provide more continuous oral delivery of dopaminergic stimulation in order to improve motor outcomes and decrease the risk of levodopa-induced motor complications. Deep-brain stimulation as well as other invasive therapies can be used for the treatment of drug-refractory levodopa-induced motor complications. Despite all of the therapeutic advances achieved within the last 20 years, PD continues to be a progressive disorder leading to severe disability caused by motor and non-motor symptoms. To date, neuroprotective interventions able to modify PD progression are not available. This review focuses on medical and invasive treatment strategies for early and advanced stages of PD as well as on the treatment of PD non-motor symptoms such as mood and behavioural disorders, cognitive and autonomic dysfunction, and sleep disorders, which can antedate PD motor symptoms for years.


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Follow Brady Lowe, Communications and Community Relations with Globe University-La Crosse, as he collects advice from Globe community partners to share with students!
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- 2[intransitive] to move away from the place where you should be or the people you are with synonym stray wander away/off The child wandered off and got lost. wander from/off something They had wandered from the path into the woods.
- 3[intransitive] (of a person's mind or thoughts) to stop being directed on something and to move without much control to other ideas, subjects, etc. synonym drift It's easy to be distracted and let your attention wander. Try not to let your mind wander. wander away, back, to, etc. something Her thoughts wandered back to her youth. Don't wander off the subject — stay focused.
- 4[intransitive] (of a person's eyes) to move slowly from looking at one thing to looking at another thing or in other directions She let her gaze wander. + adv./prep. His eyes wandered toward the photographs on the wall.
- 5[intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (of a road or river) to curve instead of following a straight course The road wanders along through the hills.
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Washington Institute of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Washington, DC
PURPOSE: Air leak following pulmonary resection accounts for higher morbidity, and is the most important cause of delayed hospital discharge. It has been proposed that successful aerostasis will result in increased patient comfort, lower rate of complications and decreased hospitalization and cost. In a preliminary study we studied the use of human fibrin sealant (Evicel) in attaining aerostasis following pulmonary resection. This retrospective study was performed as a pilot for a larger multi-institutional prospective randamized trial.
METHODS: Following pulmonary resection (Evicel) which consists of human nanofiltered thrombin and fibrinogen was applied to the pulmonary and bronchial staple lines. The two agents were mixedusing a spray system with 45psi pressure in order to form fibrin on the tissue surface. The presence of an air leak was recorded immediately postop and daily by the same observer until the removal of the chest tubes. The air leak was not quantitated but recorded as a negative or positive observation. The results were compared to previously published historic data in a similar group of patients.
RESULTS: From 1/05 until 1/07, 74 patients underwent lung resection followed by application of human fibrin (Evicel). There were 30 lobectomies, and 44 sublobar resections. Results are summerized below: AIR LEAK: PostOp (90% w/o sealnt vs. 5% w/ sealant p<0.05),Day 1(90% w/o sealant vs. 4% w/ sealant, p<0.05),Day 3 (50% w/o sealant vs. 4% w/ sealant, p<0.05), Day 7 (15% w/o sealant vs. 1% w/ sealant, p<0.05).
CONCLUSION: The use of human fibrin (Evicel) as a sealant for pulmonary and bronchial staple lines results in superior aerostasis. These preliminary results should serve as the basis for a more complete muti-institutional randomized prospective trial.
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Successful aerostasis following pulmonary resection should result in greater patient comfort, lower complications, shorter hospitalization and lower overall cost. Human fibrin sealant may represent an excellent means of achieving aerostasis.
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This place is disgusting and gross! Our table was dirty. The fish was undercooked and greasy. My son's hamburger was burnt and milk had an expired date on the carton. When I politely asked for another one, I got attitude back like it was too much trouble for them. So much for customer service too. I'll never go back to this dump.


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- 1(of a substance) soft and easy to bend or move when you press it She sank into the yielding cushions of the couch.
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I've carried at home since I started carrying 2 yrs ago. Originally, just to get used to wearing the gun and to get family used to seeing me with it. But also to prevent me from making a quick trip to the store without feeling the "need" to carry. If it's in the safe and I have to go somewhere, it forces me to decide if I really "need" it or not. Of course, that's impossible to determine. So I carry 16/7 all places legal.
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|Reviews for The Pirate's Legacy: New Beginnings
| Guest chapter 34 . 1/4/2016
This was a great story! You definitely should have gotten more reviews this was awesome!
| Guest chapter 1 . 8/14/2015
Love this story :) great characters too
| Guest chapter 34 . 8/14/2015
I loved this story soooo much. Definitely the best story I've read on this website. :)
| NolyKariad chapter 34 . 3/9/2015
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| Anon chapter 34 . 12/15/2014
I love this story! AND it's complete
I'm halfway in the sequel, but I came back to add 1 to the number of reviews haha!
| Taraxoxo chapter 34 . 6/21/2014
I loved it
| A Helpful Person chapter 1 . 1/24/2014
You could self-publish this...
| Francheska Anazette chapter 34 . 12/8/2013
So I fell in love with this story. I loved the plot and the characters. Everything about it was amazing to read.
| Mak chapter 34 . 11/30/2013
hehe... he called Em a child.
haha... "I hope your oddess has more patience with you than she does..." - hahahhahaahhaha
It's a reoccuring theme that Em has to convince Roger that she does want to be with him.
And now I feel fully prepared to take on the next book.
| Mak chapter 33 . 11/30/2013
I'd comment on this, but I've read it recently and have no new impressions to really add. :)
| Mak chapter 32 . 11/30/2013
Well I guess we're all about to find out about her princess status. :)
pirates are so sneaky.
Aw... a sappy moment at the end. You know I'm a sucker for those.
| Mak chapter 31 . 11/30/2013
Figures... you'd interrupt the lovey-dovey stuff and insert fighting. :)
What an intense chapter... I didn't want to stop reading to type anything else because I kept wanting to know what was going to happen next.
Aw... angry Roger.
| Mak chapter 30 . 11/30/2013
I'm glad Roger is realizing that Michael's behavior was odd. There's no way he wouldn't fight with Roger about just letting Em go.
Haha. Roger thinks she wants to kill him.
"Your arejealous of Cicero..." - silly fictionpress
hehe... wrestling.
nearly a decade older... oh well... Cicero's brother was like ancient compared to her.
About time they both got over themselves
| Mak chapter 29 . 11/28/2013
Em stared at him through her tears, wondering for a wild moment if he had somehow lost his memory. - Hmm... interesting. :)
Poor baby Roger.
"I could regulte my body heat." - regulate
Poor Roger trying to convince Em to not hate him.
Oh Michael, always trying to fix the two of them.
I'm glad Michael is smart enough to talk some sense into Em about this whole Roger's past thing.
Michael is so sneaky and good at keeping secrets.
Stupid meddling Goddesses...
And stupid Em not letting Roger finish talking when he's actually being nice.