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With Hands Wide Open
June 17, 2017 /11,258 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Phil
Earlier in the life of Scrapture, back when it was known as Cultus, players had a hand of cards that were hidden from their opponents. Games I had played and liked did things that way, so I ended up doing it too. What I liked about hands in other games (such as Magic) is that you always had to be thinking about what your opponent had. And similarly, you could hide important information from your opponent or trick them into thinking you had something you didn't. They also make the game less mechanical and more strategic. After all, if you know everything your opponent has at all times, you should be able to play perfectly.
When I decided to try to simplify the game, one of the main components on the chopping block was Influence cards. Influence cards were what player's hands were comprised of, and while I liked them, they were the easiest thing to cut. They felt supplementary, but in terms of mechanics and theme. With Influence out of the way, my initial instinct was to put Follower cards in their place. Players had to have a hand of cards, after all. Or did they?
I asked myself the question. What did the game gain by having a hidden hand? What would happen if hands were open information? In designing Scrapture, one of the biggest challenges has been getting players to interact and care about each other's board, without resorting to "take-that" style mechanics. When hands were hidden, players tended to ignore each other and build their solitaire engine. If I added attack cards so that players could stop each other, that always felt bad for both the attacker and the victim.
When I tested open hands, just the opposite happened. The attack cards were still there, but people didn't feel bad. They could see everything on the board, which allowed them to play around attacks. Players even felt good about successfully thwarting an attack. And the best part? Players were looking across the board to see what their opponents were doing and adjusting their strategy accordingly! I can't tell you how good that made me feel after struggling to do just that for so long.
The lesson learned here is to challenge the core assumptions about what your game is. Look for those "what if" questions. Think about what each of your mechanics is bringing to the game and how they influence the behavior of your players.
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How Will Our Rulebook Look Like Compared To Others?
August 17, 2016 /4,582 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Jesus
Our game, on its own right now, is pretty easy to explain. But there's a difference between explaining it to someone in person, and that person pulling out the rules from the box and hoping they don't scratch their heads in confusion and putting the game away forever. Our game has some very unique concepts, so our rulebook has to be as well thought out as the game.
The best rulebooks go in-depth and explain every little mechanic about their game. It is chock-full of images, examples, and understandable language that fill the player's head instantly. Without it, an intense session that goes wrong won't have the right information to fix it, or have the stuff to get a game going to begin with.
I was looking at a few rulebooks, some at Phil's suggestion and some on my own, to get started on how our rulebook should look like. Here are some that were effective for their games.
The strategy territory-building game use a lot of icons that make it easy for the player to remember what is going on. The setup and turn sections are explained plainly and in detail.
We've played this game before, and it is arguably one of the best rulebooks we've seen. After the regular rulebook part is finished, it has all the tiles, agents and lords used in the game, explained and divided by appendices.
8-Minute Empire
The beauty in how this Kickstarter-funded game made its rulebook is simple. First, it's barely a book – just two print-ready pages. Second, most of it is either written in lists to explain order or short blurbs that keep things clear.
For all intents and purposes, this game can be very complex at times. So, this is more of an example of how the writers did such a good job in creating a rulebook that made it as made it as accessible as possible. Players have a good start on first page from an image of the player area in the setup page. All the sections have strong headings that pop out and make it easy to find the portion you need.
The flavor text throughout is tongue-in-cheek and well placed. Texts are changed in color to get the reader's attention, whether it be to read about a mechanic of the game, or one of the many examples described throughout the rulebook.
Clockwork Wars
What makes this game's rulebook stand out from the other is that I has a cool map-generation section. From there, players can use the hex tiles to configurations for different styles and numbers of players.
What Our Rulebook Needs
Our rulebook needs an appeal so that it isn't just about understanding how the game works. It will need clear visuals of the cards and setup along with clear language about mechanics. It wouldn't help putting in some flavor to get the theme across, either. As soon as we get this done, we won't have to worry as much when start blind playtests.
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Mechanics Update!
July 5, 2015 /11,538 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Phil
It's been quite a while since I've done one of these. The game has gone through some dramatic changes over the past few months. I took a look through some of the past posts to get a sense of where the game was when last we spoke. I was amused to find how many of the innovations we've had over the course of development have also been discarded for something better. We've really come a long way with this game and we have learned a lot. So let's talk a bit about what we have learned this time around.
Back around October of last year the game was feeling bloated and overly complex. We fell into this trap of adding a new mechanic every time we discovered a new problem. Games would drag on and turns were way too long. Playtesters would often give the suggestion of limiting the number of things that could be done during a turn. I had overlooked this feedback for a long time, since it would be a major change and I had no idea how to implement it without breaking the game. I eventually became so dissatisfied with where the game was at that I took the game back to a more early stage prototype using index cards. From there it was easier to try out some of these suggestions and build the game back up. We boiled the game down to the core fun mechanics and took the knife to anything superfluous. Let's talk about what's changed.
One of the main goals was to speed up turns so that all players would remain engaged throughout the game. The plan was to do this through some sort of limit on actions per turn. However, I didn't want to simply dole out action points. I wanted this limitation to feel more natural and be part of the mechanics of the game. Our solution was to simplify the relative value of Influence cards, so that the number of cards in your hand represented the number of actions you could take. All actions now cost 1 Influence to perform. Alternatively, you can discard an Influence card to perform the action written on the card. During your turn, actions you take will sometimes reward you with Influence that can be spent next turn, up to a maximum of 5. This creates a soft limit of 5 actions per turn, but is based on what the player does during the game. I find this system much more natural and easier to explain.
Another goal was to make the game simpler to explain. I wanted to reduce the amount of effort a player would have to take in order for the rules to click with them. With that goal in mind, we removed the capacity mechanic from Shrines. Instead of requiring a certain number of Followers before the Shrine would activate, Shrine effects are now triggered based on player actions. For instance, a Shrine may now do something when a Follower enters it or provide some passive benefit to the player as long as there are 2 Followers in it. Doing it this way allows the card to completely explain how it functions and reduces the reliance on the rulebook to explain how cards interact with each other. It has the added benefit of simplifying the visual design of the card, while allowing more interesting mechanics.
We had another win for simplicity by eliminating the concept of Missionaries. Followers had this dual state system where they started as Followers and became Missionaries. As Missionaries, they remained as part of your tableau and provided you benefits. We liked the idea thematically, but we always found it challenging to get people to understand how the mechanic worked. Now Followers are simply able to be sent on a mission. Doing so costs 1 Influence and requires you to discard the Follower. The Follower card describes the benefit you receive when you send them on a mission.
Something I think our game has been historically bad at has been respecting the amount of space the game requires to play and how complex it is to set up. A more complicated initial setup often means an equally complicated storage system, both of which just create barriers. How much more likely is it that someone will play your game if it only takes 1 minute to set up and play? With this question in mind we merged all the core cards into 2 decks – one deck for Influence, and one for Followers, Relics, and Shrines. This greatly simplified the play space and setup. There are some downsides to doing this, such as making draws less predictable. We combated this by adding some cards that enabled players to manage the card pool and find the cards they needed. Ultimately though, our thinking came down to the type of game we are trying to make. Are we OK with the game being less about predictability and fairness for the sake of simplicity? I think a lot of the mistakes we have made over the course of development have been a result of too great a focus on fairness and not enough focus on fun. The recent changes have been a big course correction in that regard.
So where does that leave us? The game rules are quicker to explain. It's easier to setup and takes less time to play. There are less components and there have been lots of quality of life improvements for the player across the board. Those all feel like huge wins to me. Also, have you seen the art lately? It looks amazing!
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Playtest + Farewell
January 4, 2013 /2,887 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Jesus
Well, it's a bit of a sad day for us. Cindy, along with her wonderful boyfriend Will, are moving to the Bay Area. She is still working on the project, of course, so there's no need to worry about that.we did have one last playtest tonight in a restaurant around Union Square. I'll let Phil talk a bit more about the new changes in another post.
What I started doing during the two games was write down notes of my actions and those of the others to make a small vignette of the match. The first one will involve missionaries. Lots of them.
Cindy came up with some great ideas for the card layout. The first involved the relic cards. She thought up of this idea of taking my flavor test and putting them on a scroll/banner that wraps around the actual relic. It's a pretty brilliant, but it also constrains me to a limited number of words (which is a great challenge). She also wants to incorporate the wrapped scroll idea to the new Prophecy cards.
I will post the little vignette later this week. Until then, spread the Good News.
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Q: Min Maxlength property not working in ionic 3 I got an ion-input with type number and I have tried every possible way to set its minimum length as 6 but with no luck.I also have a decimal input field on which I want to validate that the numbers before the point should be of 3 numbers and after point should be of 2 numbers.Below is the code I tried.
<ion-label floating>Pin code</ion-label>
<ion-input type="number" name="pincode" [max]="maxPin" ngModel required>
</ion-input>

A: your html
    <form [formGroup]="myForm">

    <ion-item>
            <ion-label stacked>Pin Code</ion-label>
            <ion-input type="number" maxlength="6" [(ngModel)]="pincode" formControlName="pincode">
            </ion-input>
    </ion-item>
<form>

Your ts file
import { FormBuilder,Validators } from '@angular/forms';

export class DemoForm{
myForm:any;
constructor(public navCtrl: NavController,
              public navParams: NavParams,
              public formBuilder: FormBuilder){
this.myForm = formBuilder.group({
          pincode: ['', Validators.compose([Validators.minLength(6),  Validators.required])],

    })

}

A: For those of you still struggling with this issue. It seems that the maxLength is not working because of the element property type='number', if you would like to limit the length of characters use type='tel' instead. - Hope that helps..

A: For PIN code input, we can use this method:
<ion-label floating>Pin code</ion-label>
<ion-input type="number" name="pincode" max="999999" min="100000" ngModel required>
</ion-input>

This will limit the input as minimum and maximum of 6 digits.
"maxlength" will not work with number type and then we use 'max' and 'min' to limit number input.

A: We can set Minimum and maximum number manual.
<ion-input type="number" min="0" max="5"></ion-input>

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Parksville-Qualicum's Stilwell began athletic career in Winnipeg
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Michelle Stilwell's love and passion for sports began in Winnipeg, where she was born.
From there, after suffering an accident at the age of 17 that left her a quadriplegic, Stilwell continued to be deeply involved in sports and eventually became Canada's most-decorated Paralympian, winning gold medals in two different disciplines — wheelchair basketball and wheelchair racing.
Stilwell's achievements are being recognized where it all began. She will be one of seven people and a team being inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame, at its 40th Anniversary Induction Ceremonies and Dinner on Nov. 2.
"It is an incredible honour to be recognized by my home province for my achievements in sport," said Stilwell. "My love of sport began in Manitoba at a young age and was nurtured by countless people and organizations. I am so thankful to everyone who has had a hand in shaping my success as an athlete and Paralympian."
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Stilwell has won six gold medals — one in basketball and five in track — at three different Paralympic Games in Beijing (2000), London (2012) and Rio (2016). She is a world-record holder in the T52 100 and 200-metre events. She was also previously inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame.
Stilwell is now retired from sport and is currently the MLA for Parksville-Qualicum. She continues to be a strong advocate for healthy, active living and sport. She has been a champion for KidSport, which helps young people overcome financial barriers so they can participate in organized sport. She also sits on the International Paralympic Committee's Audit and Finance Committee.
The other Manitoba Hall of Fame inductees named include athletes Charles Baksh (cricket), Susanne Dandenault (athletics, weightlifting), and Jon Montgomery (skeleton); and builders Don Hornby (rowing); Maureen Orchard (basketball, wheelchair basketball) and Hector Vergara (soccer). The team being inducted is the Brandon University Bobcats dynasty basketball team (1987-89).
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Aitizaz Hasán (Hangu, 1998 - ibídem, 6 de enero de 2014) fue un estudiante pakistaní adolescente fallecido mientras intentaba evitar un atentado terrorista contra la escuela de la que era alumno.

Aitizaz tenía quince años y cursaba en el instituto público Ibrahimzai, el único de la localidad de Hangu, provincia de Jaiber Pajtunjuá, de mayoría chií. Se encontraba fuera del establecimiento, porque había sido castigado al haber llegado tarde. Fue en esta ocasión cuando, junto a otros jóvenes que estaban también fuera, se percató de que un joven de unos 20 a 25 años, que se había acercado al establecimiento aludiendo que quería información para inscribirse, tenía un detonador. El corpulento Aitizaz abrazó entonces al terrorista, intentando evitar que este detonara su carga explosiva, pero no pudo impedirlo, falleciendo ambos en el acto.
Según relató su primo Mudassar Hassan Bangish a la BBC, sus compañeros trataron de convencerle de que no se enfrentase al hombre pero él les contestó: "Voy a pararle. Va a la escuela a matar a mis amigos".

Su padre dijo: "Mi hijo hizo llorar a su madre, pero salvó a cientos de madres de llorar por sus hijos."

El atentado fue reivindicado por el grupo islamista Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.

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MSG Systems achieved better focus, better communication & culture of Kaizen in the whole team.
As I read in David Anderson's Blue Book and saw the possibilities for my current project at that time, 8 years ago. It proved to be a game changer.
Currently mainly Development Projects (e.g. one with 2.8 M € Budget), our complete accountant workflow, talent management. In 2018, we plan to Kanbanize our Innovation Management and maybe our Risk Management in general.
Focus, better communication, culture of Kaizen in the whole team.
Yes, other departments use it, I don't. It doesn't fit to our customer culture (Public Sector).
2 years ago, we started this initiative with SwiftKanban.
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For the 2nd time this week, the day's Gospel reading provides a clear and direct answer to a question that must be on the minds of many serious Catholics.
What should one do when someone—even an esteemed Church leader—seems to be judging an important question by purely human standards rather than invoking God's law?
What would Jesus do? As it happens, we know.
As a mere human being and creature of God, I anguish over expressing criticism directed at the Church hierarchy, including the Pope, because I know that I do not know all that God knows. But I have been critical several times in this forum and in others, because to not rebuke when it is needed is itself a doing of wrong against the Truth. So I'll continue to express my strong misgivings about what is going on in the Church, while praying that God will somehow let me know if I am in error.


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Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs Houston Cougars Prediction, 3/21/2021 College Basketball Pick, Tips and Odds
by Tony Sink - 3/20/2021
Game: Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs Houston Cougars
Date: Sunday, March 21, 2021
Location: Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN
TV: TBS
Odds/Point Spread: Rutgers (+8.5)
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights (16-11) head to Lucas Oil Stadium on Sunday where they'll take on the Houston Cougars (25-3) in the NCAA Tournament. Rutgers opens this contest as 8.5-point underdogs. The over/under opens at 131.5.
Rutgers will take the court with a mark of 16-11 on the campaign. The Scarlet Knights are connecting on 30.8% on 3-point shots (165 of 535) and 63.3% from the charity stripe. They are averaging 69.6 points per game (223rd in the nation) while shooting 44.9% from the floor. They are turning it over 11.4 times per contest and as a squad they are committing 17.5 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Rutgers is snagging 35.5 boards per game and has accumulated 370 dimes on the season, which ranks 75th in the country in terms of passing. Defensively, the Scarlet Knights are forcing their opponents into 13.0 turnovers per game while drawing 16.1 fouls. The Scarlet Knights are giving up an opponent shooting percentage of 41.7% (648 of 1,553) and they surrender 36.3 rebounds per game as a squad. They rank 292nd in college hoops in giving up assists to their opponents with 366 relinquished so far this year. They are relinquishing 32.1% on three-point shots and they are 104th in the country in opponents points per game (67.8).
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights stepped onto the hardwood against the Clemson Tigers and walked away with a win by a score of 60-56 in their last contest. Rutgers ended the contest having earned a 39.7% FG percentage (23 out of 58) and converted 8 of 30 shots from downtown. From the charity stripe, the Scarlet Knights made 6 of 9 shots for a rate of 66.7%. Concerning getting rebounds, they compiled 36 with 12 of them being of the offensive sort. They also recorded 11 dimes in this contest while forcing 10 turnovers and having 6 steals. Regarding the defense, Rutgers allowed 35.6% from the field on 21 of 59 shooting. Clemson earned 14 assists and had 6 steals for the matchup. Furthurmore, Clemson had 26 rebounds (8 offensive, 18 defensive) and added 3 rejections. Clemson finished shooting 88.9% from the free throw line by converting 8 of 9 attempts. They also buried 6 of 19 tries from beyond the perimeter.
Geo Baker is one guy who played a role in this contest. He scored 13 points on 5 out of 11 shooting. He was on the court for 36 minutes and also grabbed 1 board. Baker went 45.5% from the floor and distributed 3 dimes. Someone else that had an impact in the game for the Scarlet Knights was Jacob Young. He grabbed 3 rebounds in 34 minutes played. He walked away from this one shooting 71.4% from the field for the game by hitting 5-of-7 (13 points). When the time ran out, Young had accumulated 1 assist.
Houston has a win-loss record of 25-3 so far this season. Houston has accumulated 2,183 points on the year (78.0 per contest) and they grab 39.8 rebounds per game. The Cougars are committing 18.1 fouls per contest and they connect on 74.1% from the charity stripe. As an offense, the Cougars are shooting 44.4% from the field, which is ranked 163rd in the nation. They are dishing out assists 13.6 times per contest (139th in the country) and they lose possession by turning the ball over 10.8 times per contest. The Cougars on the defensive side of the court are 2nd in the nation in points given up per game with 57.8. They have forced 14.6 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 37.1% from the field (1st in college hoops). The Houston defense allows 27.5% on three-point shots (147 of 535) and opponents are making 65.9% of their shots from the free throw line. They have conceded 9.7 dimes and 31.2 total rebounds per game, which ranks 10th and 31st in college basketball.
The last time they took the court, the Houston Cougars walked away with a victory by a final of 87-56 when they faced the Cleveland State Vikings. The Cougars were able to corral 22 defensive rebounds and 16 offensive rebounds for a total of 38 for the game. They gave up possession of the ball 0 times, while getting 7 steals for this game. The Vikings earned 19 fouls in the game which took the Cougars to the free throw line for a total of 29 tries. They were able to knock down 22 of those for a percentage of 75.9%. When it comes to shots from distance, Houston made 7 of 25 attempts (28.0%). When the game finished, the Cougars walked away from this one shooting 29 for 61 from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 47.5%. The Cougars permitted the Vikings to bury 17 of 44 attempts from the field which gave them a rate of 38.6% for the matchup. They finished 40.0% from 3-point land by going 6 out of 15 and finished the game at 16 of 23 at the free throw line (69.6%). In reference to attacking the glass, Houston allowed Cleveland State to grab 24 overall (7 on the offensive glass).
Quentin Grimes pitched in for the Cougars in the game. He converted 6 of 13 for this game giving him a field goal percentage of 46.2%, and accounted for 4 rebounds. Grimes scored 18 points in his 35 mins on the court and had 4 dimes for the matchup. Someone else that was important for Houston was Marcus Sasser. He finished with 3 assists in his 35 mins on the court, and he converted 5 out of 14 from the floor. Sasser ended the game having shot 35.7% from the field and also earning 14 points and 2 rebounds.
Who will win tonight's college basketball game against the spread?
Tony Sink's Pick: Take Rutgers (+8.5)
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Well, that depends entirely on the speakers that you choose.
In this review, we have selected the best powered speakers that sound every bit as good (or better) than non-powered passive speakers.
Through all ranges of the spectrum, they are bright and crisp and offer plenty of thump.
Technically these are considered "monitor" speakers. Professional grade studio equipment used by sound engineers to create consumer music and movie scores where accuracy is essential.
While these can be used in a professional studio, they are perfect for home use because of their small compact size and multiple connection options.
You can connect them to Bluetooth, RCA, optical, aux, USB, or standard stereo. In other words, you can use them for anything from hooking it up to a turntable to connecting them to your home computer.
The only downside is the price. They are a bit on the higher side for these types of speakers, but you do get a lot for your money.
While not as overpoweringly awesome as the Klipsch R-15PM, the Edifier R128OT is a fine, respectable set of powered speakers for around one-fifth of the price.
They offer a robust, warm sound with enough bass for the occasional classic rap album.
These speakers are a bit limited on the connection side. They don't have the many options available with higher-end systems.
They do have granular control knobs on the side of the unit that allows you to easily set the bass and treble which is nice.
The PLAY:3 from Sonos is the simplest and easiest solution for a Sonos-capable powered speaker. It will connect quickly and efficiently to any compatible device.
It has three drivers and three small amps, one for each driver. The PLAY:3 has an enjoyable response that is heavier on the bass. The seamless streaming is the biggest draw here, and its accessibility and ease of use make it easy to tap into its abilities.
The Edifier R1700BT Bluetooth powered speakers are a 66 watt mega monster with excellent sound.
Most Bluetooth speakers at this price point operate in the 20-watt range. While watts aren't the whole story when it comes to audio sound, it is the lead indicator of how much power a speaker can output.
More power = more sound.
Again here there are limited connection options like the budget Edifier speaker on this list, but I would recommend using these as Bluetooth speakers.
Back in the ages when I was a kid we had to listen to music by candlelight and all that was available were transistor radios and turntables.
I must say that I was shocked that anyone would want to listen to a record player when so many more convenient options are available.
That was until I went to my brother's house and he played an orchestral version of the Legend of Zelda on vinyl and my mind... blown.
The Kanto YU4 powered speakers are a fantastic choice for all your turntable listening needs.
It comes equipped with a phono preamp so you can hook these up to any modern or vintage record deck. It also comes with Bluetooth and other connection technologies so you can listen to your Apple music or Spotify… no problem.
It comes with a class D amp and outputs plenty of power. The sound is absolutely excellent for its compact size.
The difference between powered and unpowered speakers is simple. Powered speakers, also called active speakers, have their power source built into them. Unpowered speakers, or passive speakers, do not. Passive models must connect to an amp, a receiver, or some other power source or they will not work at all. Active ones can stand alone. There are great products among both categories, and one is not necessarily better than the other.
Different speakers are suited for different roles. For example, some people want a large set to use as part of a surround-sound system for a home theater. Others require smaller speakers that can fit onto a desk for use with a computer. Another possible role is having speakers placed strategically inside and outside the home and networking them together into a smart home system. Each of these functions calls for somewhat different feature sets in the speaker, such as connectivity options, power, sound profile, and appearance.
There are two main ways of measuring how loud a speaker can be. The first is power, usually measured in watts. The second is the size of the drivers on the front of the unit. More power and bigger speakers mean higher peak volume and more detail at a lower volume. However, these both also tend to increase the amount of space the speaker takes up. It is a tradeoff between output and convenience. For example, small powered speakers might be the right size to sit on an entertainment console while big ones need their separate stand.
Speakers vary in how much they can connect to a smart home hub. Some are built to be smart from the beginning. Others won't have any smart connectivity. Often you will find that smart-friendly speakers are smaller, but this is not always the case.
Smart homes are excellent for central control because they can, for example, divide the house into multiple zones and send different sound to the speakers in each zone. That means that you can say "play the Beatles in the living room" and it will beam the song to your family room.
Speakers can be a little complicated in their wiring and connectivity. Modern speakers often have Bluetooth or some other wireless option, but this is relatively recent. Many speakers need speaker wire or another kind of cable to connect. Wired connections usually have better reliability and higher quality, but are less convenient than wireless. Wireless standards and practices are improving each year, though, so the gap is closing.
The two primary technologies for hooking a speaker to a smart hub are Bluetooth and Sonos. Note that you generally cannot connect speakers to both the smart hub and another device at the same time, like a TV or a phone, so you should plan out your optimal arrangement.
A desktop computer has a few possible connectors for speakers between USB, line in, and Bluetooth. You may need a converter or dongle to get the right wired interface, so pay close attention to the wiring that the speaker uses. Most powered speakers are plug and play with no software or drivers required.
A home audio speaker should have no trouble with speaker wire. Bluetooth and alternative wired connections may be available depending on the make and model. Make sure that the receiver has enough channels to incorporate all the speakers you want to connect to it. The receiver should be able to let you control the equalizer, add effects, and otherwise alter the sound somewhat before it hits the speakers.
The question of placement is closely related to the role you plan for the speakers. A home theater system usually has a specific arrangement of center speakers under the TV, side speakers at a 45-degree angle, and secondary side or rear speakers arranged behind where you sit. Other speaker roles are not as strict. A speaker rated for outside use can go on a deck or hang from a wall under an awning. Most speakers are designed to be placed at approximately ear level while free-standing. A small number of them are built for placement on or inside walls.
If you want to spend the money, the Klipsch R-15PM powered monitors are an amazing set of speakers. They are crystal clear and offer more than enough bass.
They sound great no matter what style of music you are listening to. From hard rock to classical to bass bumping rap.
If you'd like to go with a less expensive option (or want to purchase multiple sets for different rooms without having to skip the kid's college fund), then you can't go wrong with the Edifier R128OT.


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Q: How to find the distribution of the following random variable? I am studying a state-space model which is described as follows:
\begin{align*}
\boldsymbol{l}_t = \boldsymbol{F_t}\boldsymbol{l}_{t-1}+\boldsymbol{g}_t\varepsilon_t, \quad \varepsilon_t\sim \mathcal{N}(0,1)\\
z_t = \boldsymbol{a}_t^T\boldsymbol{l}_{t}+b_t+\sigma_t\epsilon_t, \quad \epsilon\sim \mathcal{N}(0,1).
\end{align*}
We initially assume that we have $\boldsymbol{l}_0\sim \mathcal{N}(\boldsymbol{\mu}_0,\boldsymbol{\Sigma}_0)$ where $I$ is the identity matrix. My goal is to find the distribution of $$p(z_t|z_{1:t-1}) \sim \mathcal{N}(\boldsymbol{\mu}_t,\boldsymbol{\Sigma}_t).$$
We assume that we can obtain the following filtered Gaussian distributions using Kalman Filter
$$p(\boldsymbol{l}_{t-1}|z_{1:t})\sim \mathcal{N}(\boldsymbol{f}_t, \boldsymbol{S}_t).$$
For time $t=1$, it is easy, I have computed that,
$$\boldsymbol{\mu}_1 = \boldsymbol{a}_1^T\boldsymbol{\mu}_0, \quad \boldsymbol{\Sigma}_1 = \boldsymbol{a}_1^T\boldsymbol{\Sigma}_0\boldsymbol{a}_1 + \sigma_1^2.$$
I am not sure how to find the result for $t>1.$ Any hints will be much appreciated. This calculation is done in this paper (in the Supplemental). I have attached a relevant picture of the result below. (Ignore the superscript $(i)$).

A: It is given that
\begin{align}
p(\boldsymbol{l}_{t-1}|z_{1:t}) \sim \mathcal{N}(\boldsymbol{f}_t, \boldsymbol{S}_t), \tag{1} \\
\boldsymbol{l}_t = \boldsymbol{F}_t\,\boldsymbol{l}_{t-1} + \boldsymbol{g}_t\,\varepsilon_t, \quad \varepsilon_t \sim \mathcal{N}(0,1), \tag{2} \\
z_t = \boldsymbol{a}_t^\top\,\boldsymbol{l}_{t} + b_t + \sigma_t\,\epsilon_t, \quad \epsilon_t\sim \mathcal{N}(0,1). \tag{3}
\end{align}
In order to find $p(z_t|z_{1:t-1}) \sim \mathcal{N}(\boldsymbol{\mu}_t,\boldsymbol{\Sigma}_t)$ one can to translate $(1)$ in time such that it uses the same information $z_{1:t-1}$, yielding $p(\boldsymbol{l}_{t-2}|z_{1:t-1})\sim \mathcal{N}(\boldsymbol{f}_{t-1}, \boldsymbol{S}_{t-1})$. However, from $(3)$ it can be seen that $\boldsymbol{l}_t$ is need to calculate $z_t$. In order to obtain $p(\boldsymbol{l}_{t}|z_{1:t-1})$ from $p(\boldsymbol{l}_{t-2}|z_{1:t-1})$ requires doing two prediction steps using $(2)$.
For these prediction steps it is useful to know that the mean $\mu$ and variance $\Sigma$ of a distribution $p(x)$ are defined as $\mu = E[x]$ and $\Sigma = \text{Var}(x) = E[(x - \mu)\,(x - \mu)^\top]$ respectively, where $E[y]$ means the expected value of $y$. A related concept to the variance is the covariance, which is defined as $\text{Cov}(x,y) = E[(x - E[x])\,(y - E[y])^\top]$. Using this and the assumption that the covariance between $\varepsilon_t$ and all other distributions is zero then it can be shown that $p(\boldsymbol{l}_{t-1}|z_{1:t-1})$ has a mean $\mu$ and variance $\Sigma$ of
\begin{align}
\mu =& E[\boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}\,\boldsymbol{l}_{t-2} + \boldsymbol{g}_{t-1}\,\varepsilon_{t-1}|z_{1:t-1}] \\
=& \boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}\,E[\boldsymbol{l}_{t-2}|z_{1:t-1}] + \boldsymbol{g}_{t-1}\,E[\varepsilon_{t-1}|z_{1:t-1}] \\
=& \boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}\,\boldsymbol{f}_{t-1} \\
\Sigma =& E[(\boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}\,(\boldsymbol{l}_{t-2} - \boldsymbol{f}_{t-1}|z_{1:t-1}) + \boldsymbol{g}_{t-1}\,\varepsilon_{t-1})\,
(\boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}\,(\boldsymbol{l}_{t-2} - \boldsymbol{f}_{t-1}|z_{1:t-1}) + \boldsymbol{g}_{t-1}\,\varepsilon_{t-1})^\top] \\
=& \boldsymbol{F}_{t-1} \text{Var}(\boldsymbol{l}_{t-2}|z_{1:t-1}) \boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}^\top +
\boldsymbol{F}_{t-1} \text{Cov}(\boldsymbol{l}_{t-2}|z_{1:t-1},\varepsilon_{t-1}) \boldsymbol{g}_{t-1}^\top +
\boldsymbol{g}_{t-1} \text{Cov}(\varepsilon_{t-1},\boldsymbol{l}_{t-2}|z_{1:t-1}) \boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}^\top +
\boldsymbol{g}_{t-1}\text{Var}(\varepsilon_{t-1})\boldsymbol{g}_{t-1}^\top \\
=& \boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}\,S_{t-1}\,\boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}^\top +
\boldsymbol{g}_{t-1}\,\boldsymbol{g}_{t-1}^\top
\end{align}
Similarly, the next prediction step can be shown to give
$$
p(\boldsymbol{l}_{t}|z_{1:t-1}) \sim \mathcal{N}(\boldsymbol{F}_{t}\,\boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}\,\boldsymbol{f}_{t-1}, \boldsymbol{F}_{t}(\boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}\,\boldsymbol{S}_{t-1}\,\boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}^\top + \boldsymbol{g}_{t-1}\,\boldsymbol{g}_{t-1}^\top)\boldsymbol{F}_{t}^\top + \boldsymbol{g}_{t}\,\boldsymbol{g}_{t}^\top)
$$
To simplify the final expressions I define this last distribution as $p(\boldsymbol{l}_{t}|z_{1:t-1}) \sim \mathcal{N}(\hat{\boldsymbol{l}}_{t|1:t-1}, \Sigma_{t|1:t-1})$ with
$$
\left\{
\begin{array}{l}
\hat{\boldsymbol{l}}_{t|1:t-1} := \boldsymbol{F}_{t}\,\boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}\,\boldsymbol{f}_{t-1}, \\
\Sigma_{t|1:t-1} := \boldsymbol{F}_{t}(\boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}\,\boldsymbol{S}_{t-1}\,\boldsymbol{F}_{t-1}^\top + \boldsymbol{g}_{t-1}\,\boldsymbol{g}_{t-1}^\top)\boldsymbol{F}_{t}^\top + \boldsymbol{g}_{t}\,\boldsymbol{g}_{t}^\top.
\end{array}\right. \tag{4}
$$
The distribution that you are interested in can be obtained by substituting $p(\boldsymbol{l}_{t}|z_{1:t-1})$ using $(4)$ into $(3)$ yielding
$$
p(z_t|z_{1:t-1}) \sim \mathcal{N}(\boldsymbol{a}_t^\top\,\hat{\boldsymbol{l}}_{t|1:t-1} + b_t, \boldsymbol{a}_t^\top\,\Sigma_{t|1:t-1}\,\boldsymbol{a}_t + \sigma_t\,\sigma_t^\top). \tag{5}
$$
However, the expressions from the paper seems to do one less prediction step, so maybe $(1)$ should instead be $p(\boldsymbol{l}_{t}|z_{1:t}) \sim \mathcal{N}(\boldsymbol{f}_t, \boldsymbol{S}_t)$. Using this instead of $(1)$ requires only one prediction step, changing $(4)$ to
$$
\left\{
\begin{array}{l}
\hat{\boldsymbol{l}}_{t|1:t-1} := \boldsymbol{F}_{t}\,\boldsymbol{f}_{t-1}, \\
\Sigma_{t|1:t-1} := \boldsymbol{F}_{t}\,\boldsymbol{S}_{t-1}\,\boldsymbol{F}_{t}^\top + \boldsymbol{g}_{t}\,\boldsymbol{g}_{t}^\top.
\end{array}\right. \tag{6}
$$
Using $(6)$ instead of $(4)$ in $(5)$ almost completely agrees with the expressions in the paper. The only things that seems to be different from the equation in the paper are the time index in $S_{t-1}$ and the $b_t$ term, which should definitely be included unless it is somewhere assumed to be zero.


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In 1987, Johnny Cash was teetering between having been a top-selling popular star and becoming a legend — he'd pretty much dropped off the charts by this time, forgotten by "new country" fans who were digging the neo-traditionalists who all freely admitted to having been enormously influenced by Cash. The only real chart hit he had in the late 1980's was with The Highwaymen (Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Willie Nelson). But he never stopped touring with his show, and in 1987 he hit the stage in Austin, Texas, for an episode of the PBS TV show "Austin City Limits." Cash was absolutely on top of his game. He sounds absolutely magnificent in this recording — it's no wonder he called it one of his finest televised performances.
There are, of course, all the hits — "Ring of Fire" and "Folsom Prison Blues," "I Walk the Line" and "Sunday Morning Coming Down," as well as Guy Clark's "Let Him Roll" and Tom T. Hall's "I'll Go Somewhere and Sing My Songs Again." With every song, Cash sounds simply fantastic.
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2. Folsom Prison Blues
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What is Worship
Excerpts from Ongoing Pilgrimage by George McLean Milne 1972
Pages 50-52, 140-141.
Minister of First Church of Christ Woodbridge, Connecticut from 1952-1979
The Shape of Worship
One of Jesus' many deceptively simple statements comes to us from his words to the women by the well in Sumaria: "God is a spirit, and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." But how does one go about that?
The answer, of course, depends on what we think worship is, and here, I think many people of our place and time are hazy or misled. False conceptions of worship are one main reason why a lot of people aren't here, and why some who come depart disappointed. Let's look for a moment at a few of these inadequate views.
There is the idea that a service of worship is a conjurer's act, in which the minister and his staff try to conjure up, if not God, then a mystical mood of religious feeling. This is done, variously, by lights, vestments, alters, music, bells and by the imagery of sermons and prayers. This conception goes back to the primitive mood music of tom-toms; it brings to mind the picture of Saul with the witch of Endor trying to call up the presence of Samuel, and it suggests how drugs and wine in worship have been used to help put subjects in a mood where they imagined that they were conscious of some exciting, ultimate reality. On this basis, our service here would be rated on how successful it was or wasn't in making God materialize, somehow, to the expectant people.
The chances of anything like this happening are probably not more than one in fifty, and so the person who sees fit to come to church only twice a year is still about on target in terms of the church's "scoring" at the occasion when he came! Worship cannot develop on that assumption: it is not a conjurer's trick.
Still another inadequate reason for worshiping is to come expecting some shot of inspiration or guidance: "Get more out of living, go to the church of your choice!" "The family that prays together stays together." "Find the help you need for your life," and so on, It is true that worship can bring a real help to real people, but not probably in that way. A church is not a spiritual supermarket or even a general store, where we come expecting to pick up a week's supply of the inspirational or moral commodity we think we need. Misunderstanding at this point can justify us in staying away from church because we don't happen, in what is being offered, to get what we want, or because we don't think we need it anyway.
A third misconception is to think of a service of worship as being a performance. Perhaps you've heard people say, "Go to Reverend so-and-so's church: he puts on a good show!" But we aren't competing in show business. A besetting temptation of ministries, choirs and organists is to imagine that we are performing for an audience to win their approval and applause. This is both vain and irreverent.
If people come to church, or stay home on the basis of whether the service is a good show or a poor one, then the problem of keeping them coming becomes as harassing and as impossible as, for example, keeping the "Lucy Show" going indefinitely at an undiminished peak of popularity.
Worship is not a performance; not a dispensary for shots of inspiration; nor is it a religious conjuring act. What, then is it?
It is first, last and always, a celebration-a celebration of what God is and of what God has done. The primary purpose of worship was put quite simply by the Psalmist: "To give the Lord the glory due unto his name." See how the understanding of this purpose turns the whole picture around and puts it right.
We are not here to be entertained, or "psyched up" or calmed down, or straightened out. We are here to celebrate the wonder of God-in the Bible and in history, in nature and human life and above all in the life and love and death and rising again of Jesus Christ our Lord. Very simply, we come not to get, but to give. It is only when, as a congregation, we pass over in worship from the idea of getting to the idea of giving, that we have a real and lasting reason for being here and that worship itself becomes a reality and not just an exercise in self-stimulation.
Our puritan forefathers had this stalwart sense of objectivity. Their first reason for coming to church was not the subjective, self-conscious motive of doing something that would be pleasant, helpful or profitable for themselves; it was to fulfill their duty to honor the Lord of life and of salvation.
What are people's reasons now for not coming to worship? "I'm not interested." "I don't feel the need." "I'm busy." "I'm in too many organizations." "I don't get much out of it." "We often go away week-ends." The church cannot afford to take any one of these remarks as insignificant or irrelevant, but there is a sense in which all of them are beside the point. What has happened-and this is what has devalued humanity in our place and time and diminished our stature as people-is that we no longer sufficiently regard it as an essential duty and as an obligation of our manhood to honor the solemnity of life's events, the gravity of its responsibilities and the mystery, wisdom and power of its Creator and its Redeemer by some common, resolute and reverent acts which are an integral rather that an optional part of our lives:
"To give the Lord the glory due unto his name."
This conviction has its roots in Christ. It was he above all who, seeing the present in all its ambivalent reality, affirmed and believed in the days to come, and lived for the potentiality of things and of people as yet imperfect, He saw the future apostle in Andrew the fisherman, the saint in the passion-ridden Mary Magdalene, the constancy, as yet so unconfirmed, in Peter's impulsive nature. He saw, beyond his disciples' ill-mannered quarreling over precedence, the graciousness of Christian fellowship and the pattern of heaven. In fact, St. Paul never tired of pointing out, he believed in the future of human beings and of the world so much that he laid down his life in confidence of what they might be.


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import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.businessentities.QuotaCluster;
import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.businessentities.QuotaStorage;
import org.ovirt.engine.ui.common.widget.table.column.AbstractImageResourceColumn;
import org.ovirt.engine.ui.webadmin.ApplicationConstants;
import org.ovirt.engine.ui.webadmin.ApplicationResources;
import org.ovirt.engine.ui.webadmin.gin.AssetProvider;
import com.google.gwt.resources.client.ImageResource;
import com.google.gwt.safehtml.shared.SafeHtml;
import com.google.gwt.safehtml.shared.SafeHtmlUtils;

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Why Hasn't ESPN Disciplined Jemele Hill For Political Tweet About The Orlando Shootings?
Alex Reimer
I write about the intersection between sports, culture and media.
Earlier this year, ESPN sent a memo to its employees that tells them to refrain from making political statements. But it seems as if the policy has a double standard.
Jemele Hill, a co-host on ESPN2's His & Hers, tweeted Sunday that it's wrong for Americans to condemn homophobia in Islamic cultures, given the discrimination that gay people have faced in the United States. The tweet was a response to the reaction following the Orlando shootings, where a gunman pledged allegiance to ISIS before killing 49 people and wounding 53 more inside of a popular gay nightclub early Sunday morning.
So in a country where we have done everything possible to undermine the LGBTQ community, we are suddenly lecturing Islam on homophobia. Oh.
— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) June 12, 2016
An ESPN spokesperson said Hill's tweet doesn't violate the company's edict, despite its political overtones. That's hypocritical in comparison to how the network handled Curt Schilling's anti-transgender rant on Facebook earlier this spring, which resulted in his dismissal.
Jemele Hill has a history of making controversial statements. (Mike Windle/Getty Images for ESPN)
Much like Schilling's post, in which he posted a crude image of a cross-dresser, there wasn't any additional context to Hill's inflammatory tweet. According to a 2015 Pew Research poll, a majority of Muslims in the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia favor making sharia the official law in their countries –– with support often rising above 80%. Homosexuality also may be punishable by death in 10 majority Muslim nations in the Middle East and Africa, many of which practice some form of Sharia law. To ignore those facts and create a false equivalency between the tolerance towards the LGBT community in the United States –– where same-sex marriage is legal and 21 states have some form of anti-transgender discrimination laws on their books –– and many Arab nations is mindless pandering.
Perhaps there was a greater point Hill was trying to make. The fact that the Food and Drug Administration outlaws gay men from donating blood unless they've abstained from sex for one year is a reminder that some forms of systemic homophobia still exist here. But a 140-character tweet is the wrong way to introduce that kind of nuanced discussion.
Hill's tweet was a politically charged remark that placates the far left, just like Schilling's comments about transgender bathroom use served no purpose besides revving up hardcore social conservatives. But yet, ESPN only found it fit to discipline one of them.
Schilling's history probably played a role in his firing, but Hill's previously been punished for making impermissible comments as well. In 2008, ESPN suspended her for comparing Boston Celtics fans to Adolf Hitler sympathizers.
There was widespread outrage when Schilling crassly expressed his opinion on transgender bathroom laws, and ESPN decided to let him go. Hill's tweet is just as overtly political as Schilling's Facebook post. It's worth wondering why she hasn't faced any repercussions.


and a slate full of film projects, but the actor's personal life continues to be a mess. Howard's ex-wife, Michelle Ghent, is suing him for $325,000 in unpaid spousal support and an additional $106,000 in legal and attorney's fees, TMZ reports.
Ghent claims Howard has missed 49 spousal support payments since their divorce was finalized in 2012. The couple's split was ugly and violent, with Ghent claiming at the time that Howard was abusive towards her on several occasions, including during an attempt at reconciliation last year.
To make matters worse, Howard's lawyers are asking a judge to dismiss them from the case, claiming "a total and complete breakdown in communications" with their client.
The Oscar-nominated actor reportedly tied the knot with his girlfriend of one month last December, though Howard has not publicly confirmed the marriage.


Next it would seem proper to discuss Magnificence,1 for this also appears to be a virtue concerned with wealth. It does not however, like Liberality, extend to all actions dealing with wealth, but only refers to the spending of wealth; and in this sphere it surpasses Liberality in point of magnitude, for, as its name itself implies, it consists in suitable expenditure on a great scale.
1 μεγαλοπρέπεια denotes Munificence of a magnificent kind, the spending of money on a grand scale from the motive of public spirit. In discussing it Aristotle is thinking especially of the λῃτουργίαι or public services discharged at Athens, and in other Greek cities, by wealthy individuals; such as the refitting of a naval trireme, the equipment of a dramatic chorus, and the defraying of the cost of a θεωρία or delegation representing the State at one of the great Hellenic festivals. The word literally means 'great conspicuousness' or splendor, but in eliciting its connotation Aristotle brings in another meaning of the verb πρέπειν, viz. 'to be fitting,' and takes the noun to signify 'suitability on a great scale'; and also he feels that the element 'great' denotes grandeur as well as mere magnitude.


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I've been reading up on IndieWeb ideas and trying to implement them on my own site. One idea in particular was interesting enough to me to make me break my 'no scripting' rule. Micropub is a standard for creating posts on your own site, using third-party clients. The idea is that you use IndieAuth to authenticate to your own domain, then your site accepts a POST with form-encoded values and creats a note, article, or whatever, in whatever format you want. Separating the client implementation from the server implementation has some advantages.
I'm attempting to use it in a particular way on my site, which means I need to write some code. I've always wanted to create a linkblog like Andy Baio's at Waxy.org. I currently use Buffer to post links and they get posted to Twitter and then to Facebook. Buffer is really nice, but the big downside is that I don't have a nice archive on my own site of what I've posted. So I'd like to use Micropub to post links to my own site and then POSSE them elsewhere.
The steps to accomplish this are several. First, I need a micropub endpoint here so I can post here from other clients. That's what I have now. I've used Jeremy Keith's PHP code to accept micropub posts and store them to a file locally. I am still figuring out whether storing the posts locally in JSON is the best option. I thought it would be easier to render from JSON to HTML, but after reading this, I'm not sure.
Once I have that figured out, I may attempt to write some micropub clients. In order to abandon Buffer, I'll need a Chrome extension and a native Android app. There are some things out there, but I have some ideas I want to add.
I shared this link recently about quitting reading/hearing/watching the news and took a moment to think about to what extent I've personally done so. I don't watch very much TV, especially not TV news. I don't read the paper or magazines. For years, I was a my-radio-never-leaves-NPR type of person, but I've recently switched to listening to podcasts and my music collection in the car.
I'm online almost constantly so I get all my news that way now. I don't visit "news" sites though. I get almost everything that would be considered "news" from two main sources. First, I subscribe to a lot of people on Twitter. Again, I don't really follow traditional news outlets, but I follow a few journalists that I like as well as a horde of other people that I know will surface any stories that I'm likely to be interested in. Because I follow so many people, there is no chance I'll be able to watch every tweet, so the way I use Twitter is two-fold. First, I dip into the firehose whenever there is something interesting happening in real-time using Tweetdeck, lists, and hashtags. An example would be the civil unrest in Ferguson or the Cincinnati City Council meetings where an important issue is being decided. The second way I use Twitter is via an aggregator called news.me. News.me looks at all the links tweeted by everyone you follow and picks out the ones that have been tweeted by the most people, then it sends you a digest every day. This is my morning paper, essentially. I have tuned the people I follow in such a way that I know news.me will almost always have just the right stories that I want to read. Yes it is a bit of an echo chamber, so I try to keep that in mind as I read.
The second main way I get "news" is by subscribing to NextDraft. It's a daily email newsletter by Dave Pell. The idea is that he sifts through each days news stories and viral content and picks out the best handful of articles on a given topic and a few miscellaneous links of interest. I like his choices and it cuts way back on reading article after article on a given topic until you find the one that covers the topic well. He links to current events as well as other quality longform writing and some fun stuff too. I never read every article in the newsletter and sometimes I don't read any, but it gives me that feeling of being aware of what's going on in the news without being a slave to it.
Apart from Twitter and NextDraft, I still consume a lot of blogs with theoldreader and content on Medium and so forth, but most of that is not for "news" purposes. I listen to a lot of podcasts, including MarketPlace which has a news bent, but I listen to them mostly for pleasure on an arbitrary schedule, not in a timely-manner.
For me, this is all about being more intentional about the content I consume and the time I spend with my eyes pointed at a screen. I tend to agree with the assessment that normal daily "news" consumption (TV in particular) is not as valuable as it's assumed to be.
My personal site used to run a lot of ugly, insecure PHP scripts and was thereby hacked a year or so ago. That is one big reason I'm avoiding server-side code on this new site. I don't want to devote energy to keeping scripts secure for something that should be extremely simple.
My old personal site had a lot of miscellaneous content that I had created and I'm currently debating what to restore and what to leave out. A lot of things I used to keep here have been superceded by various online services. I used to have my resume, but now I pretty much use LinkedIn for that. I used to have a set of my feeds from various social sites, but now Facebook is pretty much the hub for that. I used to have a good FOAF file, but About.me kind of does that now. I also used to mess around with web programming but now I use my VPS or Heroku to host projects. I used to have a haiku page, but I started a Tumblr for that.
So now as part of my attitude toward re-decentralization, I'm going to try to bring some things back home instead of relying on these other sites. I'm also looking forward to hosting oddball things like the collection of web comics I made one time, recipes I've worked on, and maybe even some new experiments.
I already mentioned Ran Prieur as one inspriation for this new site. I like his writing style, his general philosophy, and I am intrigued by the fact that he writes his site's HTML by hand with no blogging tool or static-site generator. I like the idea of writing my HTML by hand for two reasons.
One is that I don't want to introduce unnecessary dependencies in my process. I looked at Octopress and Jekyll and decided I didn't want to have to maintain a "build environment" just to put some words on a page on the internet. I also considered hosted options like Blogger and Tumblr, but part of this is about staying independent. This way my content stays mine and I don't have to export or migrate it to have a re-usable copy of it. I can just copy these files to any web host and they will work.
The second reason I'm writing my own HTML by hand is that I'm hoping to make sure my web skills stay sharp. I am learning new things all the time about what HTML5 can do. I have a goal of only including something on this site if I know exactly how it works. No copying and pasting snippets of HTML or CSS, no Bootstrap or jQuery. I want to know that I understand and can control each part of what I'm creating. I figure that way the end product will be truly personal. This is a personal site.
I like each one for different reasons, but the general themes are minimalism, only including what is necessary, writing only when there's something to say rather than cranking out posts on an arbitrary schedule, and posting genuinely personal and original thoughts. I may not cover all those right now, but that's the goal here.
If it's slightly crazy to create a blog by editing HTML by hand, then it's at least twice as insane to edit the RSS feed for the blog by hand. But I'm going to try anyway. I can imagine having a little fun with the feed in ways that wouldn't be possible with a machine generated feed. So, this site now has an RSS feed that may or may not have anything in common with the content you see on this page.
The tools I'm using to build this site are about as simple as possible: ssh, vim, git. I'm hosting on my Dreamhost shared hosting account currently, but I'm contemplating moving to a VPS or something at some point.


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Q: How to use properties of one object in another I want to create my own class, lets say Data which will contain File and additional info about it:
Data = function(file, oneInfo, anotherInfo, moreInfo) {
    this.file = file;
    this.property1 = oneInfo;
    this.property1 = anotherInfo;
    this.property1 = moreInfo;
};

But I would like to read info about file directly from my object Data, for example Data.size
I can do it (ugly) like this:
Data = function(file, oneInfo, anotherInfo, moreInfo) {
    this.file = file;
    this.size = file.size;
    this.property1 = oneInfo;
    this.property1 = anotherInfo;
    this.property1 = moreInfo;
};

so now Data.size is accessible, but is there any other way which i can use to call for file properties without Data.file.size or my ugly version?
Maybe some kind of inherit properties from File to Data?
Of course the File must be still accessible (for example for using it to send through xhr.send())

A:
so now Data.size is accessible

I'm going to assume you mean that if you do var d = new Data(...);, then d.size is accessible.
If so, you can do it (in ES5 and higher) by defining a property accessor via Object.defineProperty (MDN | spec):
Object.defineProperty(Data.prototype, "size", {
    // The "getter" is called when you _get_ the value
    // You don't have to define one, though it's odd if you don't
    get: function() {
        return this.file && this.file.size;
    },
    // The "setter" is called when you _set_ the value
    // You don't have to define one; if you don't the property is read-only
    set: function(value) {
        if (this.file) {
            this.file.size = value;
        }
    }
});

Live Example:

function Data(file) {
    this.file = file;
}
Object.defineProperty(Data.prototype, "size", {
    // The "getter" is called when you _get_ the value
    // You don't have to define one, though it's odd if you don't
    get: function() {
        return this.file && this.file.size;
    },
    // The "setter" is called when you _set_ the value
    // You don't have to define one; if you don't the property is read-only
    set: function(value) {
        if (this.file) {
            this.file.size = value;
        }
    }
});

// Initial setup
var f = {
    size: 10
};
var d = new Data(f);
console.log(d.size); // 10

// Changing f.size affects what you get back from d.size
f.size = 20;
console.log(d.size); // 20

// Changing d.size changes f.size
d.size = 30;
console.log(f.size); // 30

Obsolete JavaScript engines like the one in IE8 won't be able to handle it, but all modern ones will.
In ES2015+, you can use class syntax with an accessor definition:
class Data {
    constructor(file) {
        this.file = file;
    }
    get size() {
        return this.file && this.file.size;
        // In ES2020+ you could use optional chaining:
        // return this.file?.size;
    }
    set size(value) {
        if (this.file) {
            this.file.size = value;
        }
    }
}

Live Example:

class Data {
    constructor(file) {
        this.file = file;
    }
    get size() {
        return this.file && this.file.size;
    }
    set size(value) {
        if (this.file) {
            this.file.size = value;
        }
    }
}

// Initial setup
const f = {
    size: 10
};
const d = new Data(f);
console.log(d.size); // 10

// Changing f.size affects what you get back from d.size
f.size = 20;
console.log(d.size); // 20

// Changing d.size changes f.size
d.size = 30;
console.log(f.size); // 30

A: Might be a good use case for getter properties:
Object.defineProperty(Data.prototype, 'size', {
   get: function () {
       return this.file.size;
   }
});

See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/defineProperty.


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Salvatore Perugini (born 6 March 1978 in Benevento) is a former Italian rugby union player. He made his debut for the Italian national team in 2000 against Ireland. Perugini usually played at prop. He previously played for Italian club Calvisano and French side Stade Toulouse.
In April 2010 it was announced he would move to the newly formed Aironi for the 2010/2011 season.
Perugini was selected to play for the Barbarians when they beat New Zealand in 2009.

External links
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1978 births
Living people
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Hulu Orders 'The Handmaid's Tale' Starring Elisabeth Moss
Karen Veazey April 29th, 2016 - 11:25 PM
The Hunger Games is over, part 2 of Allegiant is up in the air, and The Maze Runner is on hold pending actor Dylan O'Brien recovery from an on-set accident, but fans of dystopian storytelling will soon be able to head to Hulu for genre fix from The Handmaid's Tale. Variety reports that the digital network has placed a straight to series order for the drama, which will be produced by MGM Television and star Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss.
The series is bound to create conversation as the story, based off the 1985 bestselling book by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, is frighteningly timely. Set in the near-future, after a theocracy has overthrown the U.S. government, women's rights have been obliterated and society follows a strict, militarized version of religiously based rule. The story follows Offred, a smart girl and member of a caste of concubines (the titular handmaids) reserved for reproduction after sterility has threatened the stability of the ruling class. The handmaid's names are literally indicators of their slavery "Of-fred" belongs to Fred.
How perfect that Moss, who crashed into fans' hearts as the irrepressible Peggy Olson, the moral gravity at the center of Mad Men, will play Offred.
Though written as satire during the Cold War Atwood's story feels more eerily relevant than ever. A staged terrorist attack blamed on Islamic radicals is what the theocracy leaders use to capture the will of the nation. They suspend Constitutional rights under the guise of national safety, and establish the new Republic of Gilead, in which law is based on their own version of religious extremism. (As a Harvard scholar Atwood studied the Puritans. She designed Gilead based on what she felt was their twisted view of all or nothing morality.)
The story has previously been adapted into a 1990 feature film starring Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, and Robert Duvall, an opera, a radio drama, a stage show, and a ballet.
Hulu's digital competitor, Netflix, has never shied away from including dark, twisty content in their original programming. From Narcos to Hemlock Grove to Orange is the New Black and the Marvel Defenders shows, they've always had one or two programs that were pushing boundaries and creating social buzz. Hulu and Amazon Studios have been slower to adopt tough dramas, focusing more on comedies, animation, and documentary. Since 2013 Hulu's only original drama has been teen-centered East Los High.
They've been testing the waters lately, though, heavily promoting both Stephen King adaptation 11.22.63 and religious cult series The Path, starring Aaron Paul and Hugh Dancy. Though Nielsen ratings aren't available for either show they've earned positive critical support for both writing and production. Two new dramas – Chance starring Hugh Laurie, and Shut Eye with Jeffrey Donovan and KaDee Strickland – are in development at Hulu.
The Handmaid's Tale will be written and executive produced by Bruce Miller (The 100) and Daniel Wilson, who produced on the film version. Atwood read the first two scripts and called them excellent. Speaking for MGM Television, Mark Burnett said in a statement, "The Handmaid's Tale is a project that we have been committed to bringing to life as its story remains as powerful today as it did when Margaret first published her novel. Handmaid's Tale has won multiple awards inspiring a film, a graphic novel, an opera, a ballet and finally, for the first time, a compellingly immersive drama series that has found the perfect home at Hulu and its star in Elisabeth Moss."
Karen Veazey


All these past months since I bought my first 3d-printed I've been experimenting with making different tools and jigs for bookbinding and other crafts. But one of the things I wanted to try since the very beginning of that creative process was to make moulds for papermaking.
Ever since the first time I made a book some 10 years ago, papermaking was something that I thought I should try. But there always were some other things to do, some other priorities.
With my second 3d-printer allowing to make objects up to 20×20 cm in size I decided it is finally a good time to print a papermaking mould. And I did it. Now it serves as a box for some small miscellanea. As it appeared, I forgot that I have to get the newly cast sheet of paper out of the mould/deckle somehow. I tried one more time and the second design had separatable mould and deckle, but there were some other problems with it. And I moved to other things I needed to do at that moment.
A year later, after our move to the Netherlands, I finally returned to that old project. No surprise, that I made the same mistake twice and the new version of the mould was in one piece with the deckle. Still, the overall design was much better and I was able to make some paper. And now I am able to print objects up to 40×40 cm in sizes. This allows making moulds for A4 sheets of paper!
Below is a video about making the mould. As a bonus, I added the footage I shot while I was making the paper.
The latest version allowed for the mould to be easily separated from the deckle. Finally!
I hope that fellow papermakers would leave some comments and give me an advice on how to make this set better.


To the surprise of 50 per cent of economists, the Bank of Canada (BOC) left the prime rate unchanged today. Two key factors kept the bank rate gun holstered: 1. NAFTA negotiations and 2. Signs that inflation is still below the 2 per cent range. Though the BOC took a pass meeting for a rate hike, a ratified trade agreement with the US and signs of wage growth could tip the scales and provide support for another 25bps increase in prime.
The Bank of Canada (BOC) increased the prime rate by 25bps today which means prime will now be 3.7% with most lenders by the end of today. Though we are in the middle of a trade war with The Donald, the BOC felt there was enough good news that came in over the last quarter to warrant a rate hike. In this post, we'll cover what is keeping the BOC up at night and what options you should consider for your mortgage in a rising rate environment.
The Bank of Canada (BOC) left the prime rate unchanged today. Which means the prime is 3.45% with most institutions, or 3.6% if you bank with TD. The key reason for not increasing prime was due to the impact of Trump's proposed steel tariffs, and core inflation running below the Bank's target level. If the proposed tariffs go through, there could be an opportunity for lower fixed mortgage rates and real estate in the Lower Mainland.


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RNG – random number generator – or the system Bungie uses to determine Legendary, Exotic, and just about every drop in Destiny, is hated across the globe.
There are many ways in Destiny to gear up, but the methods are up for debate. Do you like the random nature of it, or do you prefer distinct paths for acquiring that new Exotic – even if that means waiting periods?
"I Earned That"
With Armsday and the new Exotic quests, we now have specific ways to earn our Exotics. The elaborate Exotic Quests aren't new with Destiny, but they've been overhauled with TTK and some of the best weapons can only be acquired after finishing each step. You may also have to wait a week, or two.
Luke Smith wanted to give people reliable ways to add to their arsenal, but he and his team also wanted to give people a story to tell when someone says "Where'd you get that?"
Having to rely so heavily on RNG (drop rate and decryption) in Year 1 wasn't very fun… or was it?
Attaining gear through RNG can make it incredibly difficult for people to get cool stuff. If you don't get lucky with your drops, you might be chasing that weapon for months. So, are time-gated Exotic Quests and activities better than RNG?
In the Taken King, many quests include a step that involves waiting until the weekly reset (Tuesday at 2 AM Pacific) or Armsday (Wednesday at 2 AM Pacific). Players are getting frustrated when the only thing standing between them and a shiny new yellow weapon is an arbitrary waiting period.
But let's weigh the differences. With Y1 RNG, the process and experience of acquiring an Exotic weapon involved a few things:
Random – but more exciting?
Potentially never receive the Exotic
(Usually) more grinding
With the Y2 Quests, we have:
Instructions for acquiring a weapon
Specific story, often incorporating lore
Adds waiting periods, sometimes up to a week
It really feels like a waiting period might be worth it since we won't need to pray for drops. What Year 1 lacked was a connection between the mythical weapons and the buried story. Can these Exotic missions be improved? Definitely.
One side of the time-gated activities that can be frustrating is when a waiting period arrives after hard work has been accomplished to complete other steps. For example, when the Sleeper Simulant quest began, many Guardians raced off to solve puzzles and battle through story missions as fast and efficiently as possible, only to realize that when they finally returned to Banshee, he had nothing to give them. The initial wait for the quest to activate was relatively painless, because it was still shrouded in mystery, but stalling progression of the quest was a buzz-kill and stalled the momentum.
RNG Excitement
Randomness adds an element of surprise, and everyone loves a surprise. I'll never forget the moment I got Gjallarhorn. There were no expectations, no understanding of the possibilities. I opened a chest, saw some Shards, and said, "Of course – so it is and so it must always be."
But then the gold. Oh that glorious gold. And the G-J-A-L-L…
Earning that rocket launcher through an Exotic bounty wouldn't be nearly as enjoyable. Which comes full circle to RNG as a bonus system. When you work at a company you love, bonuses are just that – icing on the cake. But when your job becomes the means to an end, namely earning that bonus, it's even more crushing when your Christmas bonus is a gift basket of nuts and cheeses.
Has the bonus changed? Not necessarily. But the expectations certainly have, which means we also must look at our own personal nature.
What do you think? Has The Taken King improved the process of acquiring Exotics, or would you rather get them through random drops? Or… do you like a bit of both, and just want to see the Quests improved?
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Pectinaria es un género de plantas fanerógamas de la familia Apocynaceae. Contiene 16 especies. Es originario de Sudáfrica.

Descripción
Forma  tallos suculentos que alcanzan los 1-5 cm de alto, profusamente ramificados, con látex incoloro y raíces fibrosas.  Brotes suculentos de color verde o azul-verdoso, cilíndricos de 1.5-8 cm de largo y de 10-25 mm de ancho,  con 6 ángulos redondeados, glabros. Las hojas están reducidas a escamas persistentes, sésiles, escalas suculentas de 0,1 cm de largo (o menos), triangulares, deltadas,con ápice agudo y estípulas ausentes.

Las inflorescencias son extra axilares con 1-2 flores, 1 de ellas abierta, simples,  sésiles y pedicelos glabros. Las flores son casi aromáticas y ligeramente nectaríferas. Su número de cromosomas es de: 2n= 22.

Taxonomía
El género fue descrito por Adrian Hardy Haworth y publicado en Supplementum Plantarum Succulentarum ... 14. 1819.

Especies seleccionadas

 Pectinaria arcuata N.E.Br.
 Pectinaria articulata Haw.
 Pectinaria asperifolia N.E.Br.
 Pectinaria borealis (Bruyns) Plowes
 Pectinaria breviloba R.A.Dyer
 Pectinaria exasperata Bruyns
 Pectinaria flavescens Plowes
 Pectinaria longipes (N.E.Br.) Bruyns
 Pectinaria mammillaris Sweet
 Pectinaria maughanii (R.A.Dyer) Bruyns
 Pectinaria mirkinii Pillans
 Pectinaria namaquensis (N.E.Br.) Plowes
 Pectinaria pillansii N.E.Br.
 Pectinaria saxatilis N.E.Br.
 Pectinaria stayneri M.B.Bayer
 Pectinaria tulipiflora C.A.Lückh.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Imagen de Pectinaria articulata

Stapeliinae


Happy Friday morning! Doesn't coffee just taste better on Fridays?
Yesterday was a funny kind of day. After I got home from work, my front door opened to a number of visitors.
-Dan's mom, step-dad, aunt, and grandma were here to watch Ina for the day. Yes, it does take 4 adults.
-My friend Sarah came to say goodbye before she heads back to North Carolina. Sad.
-My friend/neighbor Kim walked over to give us some homemade relish.
Eleven guests in a few hours! It was kind of like we had a party that we didn't plan. I decided I prefer that kind of party, it requires much less cleaning.
Apparently all of those visitors wore us out, because we were in bed by 8. Hashtag cool parents.
Yesterday, I also continued the fall theme over here with a beautiful morning run with Kim.
It has been some time since I have seen 6 miles and it felt soooo good.
After the run, I had about 30 minutes to shower, get ready, and make breakfast, so I did the most logical thing and made my girl Leila's protein pumpkin pancakes.
I love protein pancakes not only for breakfast, but also as a convenient, portable, healthy, and filling afternoon snack. Adding pumpkin to them pretty much completed me.
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