![]() Anyone else get what I’m saying and wanting to understand? Thank you very much.On last week’s episode of “ The Magicians” Penny, Alice, Margo and Eliot and Josh went to Fillory while Quentin was forced to seek the help of Julia. Update us all please? Good ending if it goes into another season of not out was a let down. I want more of this really good series! Please don’t end it like this. It’s a slight complicated show to watch let alone to try to keep up and have like missing parts between episodes to catch up every week. If that was the end of the series then it was not worth trying to do to begging with. Please update and get things like this on SyFy ASAP so we know there is more and that wasn’t the total end. To show things that are in the season preview like Quentin snapping his fingers and the building changes and it not happen in this season send to be a misrepresentation of the show. Also to even announce the 2nd season would be trunking in like ever so many months would’ve been a great idea as well. Or anything to say that there was something to look forward to for the show 201. What I didn’t like was the way they didn’t show more of the aftermath of the status of the others during in the room and if they would’ve just had Quentin to start to do something to lead into Season 2 that was passed to come back this past Feb 2016 would’ve been a better cliff hanger. He had been bard of going back buy that was his way in so there ya go. It was confirmed when he followed Quentin & Julia back in 1942. ![]() ![]() I figured out it was Martin a few shows ago. Thank you again and this is Brook Mason I made an account so I could get more on the comments. ![]() So what if the rape hasn’t happened? Would they’ve even lived at all? Maybe Quentin will be the magician to be able to save them, to make a difference like he wants with his father and others, cause if the deal of killing cancer puppy which is sort of like the same of why was that in there too? Thank you again allot to think of again and going to watch them all again plus watch the end again so maybe can see what may come on Season 2 that they approved in Feb of this year. OMG,! What if in next season she is with a baby?! We have allot to think of. I do think that poor Julia is dealing with the best cause she thinks that’s the only way to get back at the trickster for killing the ppl and raping her. I’m happy you told me that I researched it and I had totally missed that part. I’m sorry I missed that Julia style the knife part and they would’ve won. Magicians fans, what did you think of the Season 1 ender? Grade it via the poll below, then hit the comments to back up your pick! With that, Julia and The Beast disappear as Quentin looks on, the others lying on the floor in various states of agony. So Julia, too, has the semen of a god, which allows her to wield the blade - and she wants to make a deal to exact revenge on the god who ruined her life. He raped Julia and killed the others, while Kady got away. While summoning a god, Julia and her friends were fooled by a trickster. In Quentin fashion, let’s rewind: that memory patch (via Marina) was covering up something tragic, indeed. It’s all looking very grim for the gang when Julia puts the blade to Martin’s throat. Martin causes her to bleed out and cuts off Penny’s hands with a flick of his wrist. However, when they encounter him, Alice’s blade goes missing. “The adult part of me keeps screaming that it’s you… What if I change something? What if I give the blade to you?” So Alice “bogarts” the semen - “Pretend it’s prom night and you just want to shut him up,” Margo advises her - and off they go to fight The Beast. “You’re a better magician, and you’re a better person,” he confesses to her. Quentin wants to be the chosen one to take down Martin, but in his heart, he knows it should be Alice. More bad news: The Beast isn’t Plover, as they suspected, but Martin Chatwin! ![]() (Yes, for real.) Then he takes away the patch in Julia’s memory, leading to an emotional breakdown. Quentin and Julia visit Ember the ram god, who gives them a jar of his semen so they can possess his strength. Now in possession of the blade, the group discovers it can only be handled by a master magician, and so far, none of them meet its qualification. ![]()
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Tools menu, and with how some other tools worked.Īs this change was requested, we decided to experiment with directly activating Tool box or shortcut, which was not consistent with their activation through the On canvas before their handle showed up on the canvas when activated with the Outline feature in text tool options - GIMP 2.99.14 Transform tools activated automatically ¶Īll transform tools (Unified Transform, Rotate, Scale…) needed an explicit click Outlined and filled: identical to “ Outlined” except for the fact thatĬharacters inside will be filled by the text color. ![]() The character inside will be see-through. Outlined: you can choose an outline color or pattern, antialiasing, a line.This is implemented as a new “Style” setting in the tool options, with 3 choices: The Text tool now gains non-destructive outline and fill options. Next (in horizontal distribution) statys the same.Ĭenter point, then objects tops under Wilber, before distributing them - GIMP The distance between the right side of one object and the left side of the Distribute horizontally/vertically with even horizontal/vertical gaps:.Distribute anchor points evenly in the horizontal/vertical: the distanceīetween the anchor point of each target stays the same, e.g.Inkscape, handle distribution.Ģ types of distribution actions are proposed: that the 2Įxtreme position targets don’t move). Use the leftest/rightest or top/bottom object as reference (i.e. ![]() The distribute actions do not use the reference object anymore.To the left, middle or right side of your reference. Therefore if you alignĢ-dimension targets and reference, you may align e.g. In the “Targets” section of the tool options, you can also choose your itemĪnchor points: left, right, top, bottom and center.Your reference object shows on-canvas handles as visual feedback.“ Selection” in order respectively to use the current image or selection as The 2 other dropdown choices are “ Image” and In such case, you can pick as reference any Reference object for alignment, if “ Picked reference object” is set in the Simple clicks (no modifiers) in the canvas is now only used to pick the.The selected guide color will change, giving a visual feedback of selected guides.Īligning and distributing guides - GIMP 2.99.14 The tool options hints at the modifiers: Alt or Shift-Alt. Guides still need to be selected on-canvas if you want to align or distribute.Similar to running “ Crop to Content” before aligning, except that we don’t Layer bounds (which typically might be bigger than the pixel data). To align or distribute target layers based on their pixel contents, not the For layers in particular, a new option “ Use extents of layer contents” allow.Targets in alignment tool options - GIMP 2.99.14 In their respective dockable, as set in the “Targets” section in tool options. Target items to align or distribute are now the selected layers and/or paths.Which GIMP is now capable of, we greatly simplified the tool: To select the target items (and never being too sure if we selected right!). The Alignment tool was very hard to use, with complicated on-canvas interaction Tools ¶ Align and Distribute tool: fully reworked interaction ¶ To get a more complete list of changes, you should refer to the ![]() ![]() ![]() This sign indicates that there are restrictions for vehicles of a particular width on a road, street or approach to a bridge. 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Road signs are classified into three main types of road signs based on their primary purposes: ![]() ![]() ![]() Keep kneading on the table until the dough becomes smooth.Knead with your hand until a dough is formed.Slowly drizzle water into the dough and mix.Mix well and store in the fridge until ready to use.Add the chicken jelly and the green onion.Beat until everything is fully absorbed and the meat becomes springy.Add the ginger water and the rest of the seasonings into the ground pork.I highly recommend weighing the gelatin and adding a bit of chicken fat if the quantity is not quite there. Once done, you can store the jelly in the fridge for 2 to 3 days until ready to use.ĭepending on the type of pot you use and the quality of the chicken backs, the quantity of the broth can vary.Slice the gelatin part, then dice it into small bits.Chill in the fridge overnight until congealed, then scrape off the chicken fat from the top.Roast covered until you get about 1/2 cup of chicken broth.Add chicken backs into a dutch oven or heavy pot. ![]() How to make soup dumplings Prepare the jelly broth (aspic) Because of the oven roasting method, you will get a super rich tasting soup just like you would with the pork version.The result is more consistent, taking the guesswork out of how much you should reduce the broth.You can easily find the ingredients and they are very cheap to get.And instead of braising, we developed an oven roasting method that helps you to get a very concentrated broth in less time. This recipe uses a similar approach – using chicken backs and necks. That’s why I decided to look into creating a chicken broth to fill the dumplings instead of the traditional pork soup.Ī while ago I talked about how to make chicken broth from leftover bones. Our approachĪlthough I really love the scrumptious taste of soup dumplings, sometimes the filling can be quite heavy and greasy. However, since pork skin and trotters might not be found in a regular grocery store in the US, we looked for a different approach. The gelatin from the bones, skin and marrow will create a very rich tasting broth that will congeal once cooled. Like making a pork broth, you simmer these ingredients for hours on the stove top, and then reduce the broth. Traditionally, the meat gelatin is made with pork skin and/or trotters. Once cooked, the gelatin will melt down and become the soupy part of the filling. What you do is wrap the jelly into the dumpling along with the rest of the filling ingredients. Xiao Long Bao uses the same technique, only it makes the gelatin even thicker, so it forms a jelly-like texture that you can cut into small pieces that stay solid while you work them into dumplings. As you might have noticed, if you make chicken broth or pork broth at home, the soup will congeal into a gelatinous texture once chilled. To put soup into the dumplings, you will need to make aspic, or congealed meat broth. But it’s such a great way to impress your guests if you’re hosting a dinner party. It’s certainly a complicated dish to make at home. Xiao Long Bao is a type of dim sum that is traditionally enjoyed as a snack or during a meal as an appetizer or even a main dish. It features a paper thin wrapper filled with a very mild pork filling and a pocket of fragrant soup, served with a gingery vinegar dipping sauce. In China, you will find there are many versions of soup dumplings that come in different flavors and sizes, but the most popular one is Xiao Long Bao. Xiao Long Bao (小笼包), or soup dumplings, are a type of steamed dumpling from Shanghai cuisine (Jiangsu province for the greater region). And when I successfully slurped up a mouthful of the fragrant soup, it was the greatest satisfaction for a 10-year old, one that lingers for 20 something years later. I took great care as I peeled them out of the steamer, careful to not break apart the dough and lose the soup. Their wrappers were literally paper thin, because you could see the juice inside through the semi-transparent dough. Once in a while, she would take me there to enjoy a steamer of piping hot soup dumplings as a treat. But there was this hole-in-the-wall Xiao Long Bao spot near my mom’s office that had the best soup dumplings. I grew up in Beijing in the 90s when restaurants from other regions were still scarce, and we rarely ate out. Soup dumplings are one of the most memorable dishes I ate during childhood. An easier Xiao Long Bao recipe that teaches you how to use commonly found ingredients to create restaurant-quality soup dumplings in your own kitchen. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Finally, the tensions Christian leaders experience in balancing the interests of all organizational stakeholders will be addressed. Next, a discussion of the attributes of Christian leaders (which include being Christ-led, a person of character, humility, wisdom, absence of power and ego, and a servant leader) will be presented. The purpose of this article is first to discuss workplace spirituality, a topic that is prevalent in secular literature. Drawing from Jesus’ teachings, this research will offer several practical ways that will enhance authentic Christian leadership in secular organizations. Since its birth almost 2000 years ago, Christianity remains a dominant religion however, its application to modern business is relatively recent. Although spiritual leadership in secular research has increased in popularity (Dodd, 2003 Greenleaf, 1977), one criticism of this stream of literature is that there is a lack of appropriate models of spiritual leadership (Hunt, 2005 Heifertz & Laurie, 2005), particularly as it pertains to Christianity and the teachings of Jesus. Personal greed, a decline in personal ethics, decreased sense of service, and cultural environments that condone unethical behavior have all been identified as possible reasons for an increase in unethical behavior (Zuber, 2015).īecause of widespread ethical concerns, organizations have shown a renewed interest in the concept of workplace spirituality, for both the organization as well as the individual employee (Dodd, 2003). There is much debate in literature as to the causes of increased corruption. ![]() Evidence of major corporate corruption includes the Enron and Worldcom scandals, as well as the indictment of Arthur Anderson. This has caused organizations to be scrutinized, leading to a corporate environment of distrust and suspicion. Over the past decades, corporate corruption and unethical behavior have risen steadily. ![]() ![]() LED decorative lighting, Indoor/outdoor LED video irregular screen. I will put the link to the entire YouTube video. You can set the color/brightness of each LED to 24-bit color (8 bits each red green and blue). Like NeoPixels, DotStar LEDs are 5050-sized LEDs with an embedded microcontroller inside the LED. ![]() I used an ESP32 and the Arduino IDE, along with some additional components. DotStar LEDs use genertic 2-wire SPI, so you can push data much faster than with the NeoPixel 800 KHz protocol and there's no specific timing required. Today, after 25 years, I have made such a gun again, of course, a bit more modern. The color of the light were highly consistent, cost-effective.įull-color module, Full color soft lights a lamp strip. To be fair, from the other responses it seems Im not looking for to 5050 LED itself so much as the programmable 5050 + WS2812 combos. An analogWrite (pin, 0) will turn that LED off, analogWrite (pin, 127) will turn it on half-way and analogWrite. When the refresh rate is 30fps, cascade number are not less than1024 points. Description:24 ultra bright smart LED are arranged in a circle with 2.6 (65mm) outer diameter and 2.1 (54mm) internal diameter. WS2812 8x8 64 LED Matrix LED 5050 RGB Full-Color Driver Black Board for Arduino Special gift cardsSpecial gift cards Free return Within 60 days Consultancy86. Once you have the strip wired up, it is easy to control the color of the strip by using PWM output, for Arduino you can use analogWrite () on pins 3, 5, 6, 9, 10 or 11 (for classic Arduinos using the Atmega328 or 168). Control circuit and RGB chip are integrated in a package of 5050 components, form a complete control of pixel point.īuilt-in sign al reshaping circuit, after wave reshaping to the next driver, ensure wave-form distortion not accumulate.īuilt-in electric reset circuit and power lost reset circuit.Įach pixel of the three primary color£¬can achieve 256 brightness display completed 16777216 color full color display, and scan frequency not less than 400Hz/s.Ĭascading port transmission signal by single lineĪny two point the distance more than 5m transmission signal without any increase circuit. It is compatible with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Teensy, T1000S, K1000C and other programmable. ![]() ![]() You could dispense with that embarrassing paperclip and connect the second white wire to Arduinos ground. It can output some full-color LED lights after quick soldering. The control circuit and the LED share the only power source. So there are two red (12V) and two white (ground) wires from the strip. ![]() ![]() “Ha!” you say, “One inch in a 4,000 mile handrail? That’s nothing!” But … are you right? But just after the opening ceremony, your assistant reminds you that the metal you used for the handrail expands slightly in summer, so that its length will increase by one inch in total. Jeffrey Ungar.įinally, the Great American Rail-Trail across the whole country is complete! Go ahead, pat yourself on the back-you’ve just installed the longest handrail in the history of the world, with 4,000 miles from beginning to end. This problem was suggested by the physicist P. 9: Can You Solve the Great American Rail-Trail Riddle? Difficulty: Moderate The trains always arrive at their scheduled times. Jesse promises he’s indeed heading to the station at a random time each day. Both of his grandmothers are okay with this plan, since they know both the northbound and southbound trains run every 20 minutes.īut after a few months of doing this, Grandma Cara complains that she sees him only one out of five Sundays. If it happens to be the train traveling north, he’ll visit his Grandma Erica uptown, and if it happens to be the train traveling south, he’ll visit his Grandma Cara downtown. ![]() As a compromise, he tells them that every Sunday, he’ll head to the subway station nearest to his apartment at a random time of the day and will hop on the next train that arrives. ![]() Jesse’s two grandmothers want to see him every weekend, but they live on opposite sides of town. Can You Solve This Tricky Math Riddle? Difficulty: Moderate Ready for the solution? Click here to see if you’re right. You might want to try solving for the case of 10 unlabeled circuit breakers first. The solution does not involve either switching on or off the light switches in your house or feeling how hot the lightbulbs are. What is the minimum number of trips you need to make to the basement to map every circuit breaker to every light? Hint You can then roam the hallways of your house to discover which lights are on and which are off. On every trip to your basement, you can switch any number of circuit breakers on or off. To start with, you switch all 100 lights in the house to “on,” and then you head down to your basement to begin the onerous mapping process. (Suppose each circuit breaker maps to only one light.) To your chagrin, you discover none of the 100 circuit breakers is labeled, and you face the daunting prospect of matching each circuit breaker to its respective light. ![]() The circuit breaker box in your new house is in an inconvenient corner of your basement. 5: Our Circuit Breaker Riddle Is Pure Evil. Puzzmo / The King’s Orders / How Many Eggs? / The Gold Chain / Pickleball / Circuit Breaker / Two Trains, Two Grandmas / Ant Math / Peppermint Patty / Great American Rail Trail / A Cruel SAT Problem / Movie Stars Cross a River / Tribute to a Math Genius / One Belt, One Earth / Elbow Tapping / Whiskey Problem / Doodle Problem / Stumping Scientists / What ’ s On Her Forehead? / Keanu for President / Who Opened the Lockers? ![]() Got it wrong? No worries, you have 19 other riddles to test out. When you think you’ve got the right answer, click the link at the bottom of each riddle to find the solution. So go grab a pencil and a piece of scratch paper and prepare to rip your hair out (and we really do mean that in the best way possible). With difficulties ranging from easy, to moderate, to hard, there’s something here for everyone. Who says mind-bending logic puzzles are just for kids? We’ve come up with 20 brand-new riddles for adults to test your critical thinking, mathematics, and logic skills. ![]() ![]() These are nuanced, complicated women with their own likes, dislikes, turn-ons, turn-offs, and expectations. At the same time, it does all of this without making your party feel like disposable, one-note blow-up dolls. It draws from the mechanics and aesthetics of hit indie RPGs to make something totally unique and – thanks to the sexy art – unexpectedly erotic. Overlewd offers a fresh, sexy WRPG twist to a tried-and-true JRPG genre. Unlock the memories of key characters, and earn their trust through devious tests of might – not to mention your own goddess-given charm! Who knows? If you spend enough time with a girl, learn more about her past, and treat her right, there’s a chance she’ll pay you back in kind. Limited events will allow you to go on unique adventures with special girls, and see things that might not be in the game all the time. Pay close attention to your harem’s strengths and weaknesses, and be sure to adjust for each battle accordingly… or else!Īlong your journey, Overlewd will make sure there’s plenty to do outside of kitting out your castle and besting baddies. Just because you have some decent gear and a high enough number on your team doesn’t guarantee you’ll survive a dungeon. ![]() On top of unlocking and upgrading gear – not to mention leveling up your girls – you’ll have to stay on top of type match-ups. Variety is the spice of life, after all.Īs for the combat, Overlewd offers a devious but accessible degree of strategy. Before you know it, you’ll have a hardcore harem of vampires, angels, werewolves, and (yes) even some human girls. The closer you get, the better you’ll understand who you’re fighting with, why you’re fighting, and what you’re up against.Īnother way you’ll unravel the world of Overlewd is through constructing your own Harem Dream House – move over, Margot! As the game progresses, kit out your castle with new areas and recruit new ladies to train in your battle against the rising darkness. As you probe darker and more dangerous dungeons, you’ll learn more about these Matriarchs and where they fit into the overall story. You’ll get up close and personal with Matriarchs, all-powerful babes who form your three-girl hit squad. So what’s Overlewd about? Here’s a better question: what isn’t it? Overlewd centers Greek goddesses, powerful witches, slinky catgirls, and demonic divas in an epic dark fantasy dungeon crawler. Further, the distinctive art style, memorable characters, and engrossing story mean you won’t just be buttoning through JPEGs of same-y anime girls to play more. This sexy fantasy role-playing title relies on the tried-and-true 3v3 format, but brings enough new twists to the table to help it stand out in a crowded market. ![]() Overlewd is exactly what the title suggests – “over” the top with how “lewd” it is. The bread and butter of mobile role-playing games, 3V3 games distil the complexity and strategy of the genre down into speedy, accessible, bite-sized chunks.īut with so much competition on the market, how’s a self-respecting RPG nut to know where to spend their time? Here’s a hint: pick the one that doesn’t look like everything else! That is where Overlewd, a new title form the dev Supadog, comes in! Trilogies, triplets, triumvirates… the list goes on! For our money, though – and it is our money – it doesn’t get much better than 3V3 RPGs. ![]() You can’t deny a lot of good things do come in threes. Three is a magic number – at least, that’s what they say. ![]() ![]() ![]() The first capital of Upper Louisiana for the United States, the Louisiana Purchase north of the 33rd parallel that was the original Louisiana Territory in 1803.Louis, the only battle west of the Mississippi River in the American Revolutionary War. He thought that the memorial to Jefferson should be on the actual location that was symbolic of one of Jefferson's greatest triumphs-the Louisiana Purchase. Shortly after Thanksgiving in 1933 Smith who had been on the commission to build the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Indiana, was returning via train when he noticed the poor condition of the original platted location of St. In the early 1930s the United States began looking for a suitable memorial for Thomas Jefferson (the Washington Monument and the newly built Lincoln Memorial were the only large Presidential memorials at the time). Louis passed a bond issue to begin building it and who partially financed the 1947 architectural contest that selected the arch. Louis civic booster Luther Ely Smith who first pitched the idea in 1933, was the long-term chairman of the committee that selected the area and persuaded Franklin Roosevelt in 1935 to make it a National Park Service unit after St. The memorial was developed largely through the efforts of St. History 1930s The Old Courthouse from the observation area at the top of the arch Also located in the visitor center are a gift shop and cafe. A second theater was added in 1993 but removed in 2018 as part of the CityArchRiver renovation project. Tucker Theater, finished in 1968 and renovated 30 years later, has about 285 seats and shows a documentary ( Monument to the Dream) on the arch's construction. The new museum features exhibits on a variety of topics including westward expansion and the construction of the Arch, all told through a St. Within the center, a project to rebuild the Museum at the Gateway Arch was completed in July 2018. Underneath the arch is a visitor center, entered from a circular entryway facing the Old Courthouse. ![]() When the Civil Courts building was built in the 1920s, the Chouteau family sued to regain the property belonging to the Old Courthouse because it had been deeded in perpetuity to be a courthouse. To the west of the Old Courthouse is a Greenway between Market and Chestnut Streets which is only interrupted by the Civil Courts Building which features a pyramid model of the Mausoleum of Mausolus (which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World) on its roof. The courthouse is the only portion of the memorial west of Interstate 44. It was the site of the local trials in the Dred Scott case. Its dome was built during the American Civil War and is similar to the dome on the United States Capitol which was also built during the Civil War. It marks the location over which the arch reaches. The Old Courthouse is built on land originally deeded by St. Several publications noted that the addition of Gateway Arch as a national park eroded the significance associated with the "national park" designation, and some suggested that the change was made in order to promote tourism rather than to conserve a nature area. This change has been controversial due to the nature of the site ( national parks typically include conserved natural landscapes and significant opportunities for nature recreation, whereas sites that have primarily historical and architectural significance are usually given other NPS designations). The area surrounding the arch was redesignated as the Gateway Arch National Park in 2018. The park is maintained by the National Park Service (NPS). The Gateway Arch was completed on October 28, 1965. The immediate surroundings of the Gateway Arch were initially designated the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial by secretarial order on December 21, 1935. It is the smallest national park in the United States at 91 acres (37 ha), less than 2% the size of the next-smallest, Hot Springs National Park. Louis a park along the Mississippi River on the site of the earliest buildings of the city the Old Courthouse, a former state and federal courthouse where the Dred Scott case originated and the 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m 2) museum at the Gateway Arch. The national park consists of the Gateway Arch, a steel catenary arch that has become the definitive icon of St. the debate over slavery raised by the Dred Scott case.the first civil government west of the Mississippi River and.the Louisiana Purchase and subsequent westward movement of American explorers and pioneers.In its initial form as a national memorial, it was established in 1935 to commemorate: Louis, Missouri, near the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Gateway Arch National Park is an American national park located in St. Mississippi River between Washington and Poplar Sts., St. ![]() |
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