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Reviews, Xbox 360Jonathan Miley December 12, 2011 360 FPS, Halo
Ten years ago, a little game called Halo: Combat Evolved was released for the original Xbox. Great graphics, an interesting story, and a strong multiplayer suite put console FPSs on the map. Halo had it all. Now, in 2011, Microsoft has seen fit to re-release the campaign with shiny new graphics and a new multiplayer map pack made in the Halo: Reach engine. The question is, is it worth another trip unto the breach?
Well, that completely depends on what you're expecting out of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary.
More so than usual, Anniversary can be split cleanly into two halves: the singleplayer and multiplayer. The singleplayer contains the exact same campaign as the original Halo, right down to the pistol and Legendary ending. You heard that right. The original, incredibly overpowered pistol from Halo returns in all its glory. Everything else has remained the same in Anniversary as well, and depending on what you thought of the original game's campaign, this could be great or not so great. Personally, I loved Halo: Combat Evolved's singleplayer and found it to be a real treat playing with the new graphics as the original Halo is easily one of my favorite campaigns from the Halo series. The choice not to alter the campaign's gameplay is really a testament to how great the original gameplay was and is. If there were any doubts, the holy trinity of guns, grenades and melee is still as potent and fun as ever.
If you've never played a Halo game, this is actually a really great place to start, as the story in Halo: Combat Evolved is not as overbearing and self-indulgent as some the later games became. You play as the Master Chief, a genetically augmented super soldier with a futuristic combat suit who must unlock the secrets of the ring-world Halo while battling aliens collectively known as the Covenant. Halo (the game, not the ring) uses the now default recharging health system, but it also employs a more old school health pack system. Basically, if your shields are depleted, your health will go down. Your shields will recharge but you'll have to keep an eye out for health packs to replenish your actual health. Also like many games today, you can only carry two weapons at a time. Deciding what weapons to keep and what weapons to swap out is where much of the game's strategy comes from.
On the other hand, the multiplayer is not the original Halo's multiplayer. Like Halo 3: ODST before it, Anniversary contains the previous Halo game's multiplayer (in that case, Halo 3), meaning it looks and plays exactly like that game (in this case, Halo: Reach). Unlike what ODST did for Halo 3, Anniversary does not contain all the maps released for Reach, only the new Anniversary map pack. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I did find the difference a little jarring when playing the multiplayer after several hours of the campaign. And considering the original game had 13 maps, I find the fact that Anniversary only has six to be underwhelming at best. In these six maps you find three from Halo: Combat Evolved (Prisoner, Hang 'Em High, and Damnation), one from the PC version of Halo (Timberland), and two from Halo 2 (Beaver Creek and Headlong). I find it kind of hard to believe that classics such as Sidewinder are omitted from this package. I mean, Sidewinder was awesome.
The multiplayer options, though, are just as robust as they are in Reach and you can even continue your multiplayer progress in Anniversary. Also included in Anniversary is a new Firefight map for you to fight off waves of Covenant baddies. It's based on the second level of the campaign and is really great, but sadly, it's the only new Firefight map in the package.
The graphics in Anniversary are quite impressive, though not for the reasons you might expect. They aren't all the impressive artistically or technically. I would say they're roughly on par with Halo 3. What's impressive is that at any moment in the game (aside from cut scenes) you can switch between the new graphics and the old with a press of a button. The difference is pretty striking, and while the remastered graphics won't blow your mind, they're nice to look at. Playing the game with the new graphics enabled actually makes it a little easier to play. Jackals' shields are easier to see and the environments are much brighter in general. I found it much easier to navigate the dark corridors of the Library and the Truth and Reconciliation with the new graphics to the point that I never actually used the flashlight. Sadly, the animations and lip-syncing are still pretty bad despite the redone graphics.
While Anniversary's core gameplay does not change anything from Halo: Combat Evolved, there are some extra goodies in there. Every level in the campaign has a Halo 3-like Terminal tucked away somewhere. For the most part, they just give the back-story of Halo but are still pretty interesting to watch. In addition to the terminals, there are also gameplay-changing Skulls to be found. I don't know about you, but I've been in love with the Grunt Birthday Party skull since I found it in Halo 2 (read: looked it up on YouTube) and it's good to see its inclusion.
Halo: Combat Evolved is a good overall package. Playing the campaign is like visiting with an awesome old friend that you haven't seen in a while. The multiplayer, though, is too barebones to feel like it's worth the $40 price tag. Couple that with the fact that the multiplayer doesn't quite emulate the feel of the original Halo and you're left with a game that is likely to disappoint many longtime fans. Still, the singleplayer should be experienced by those who haven't yet and the multiplayer isn't bad. It's just not Halo: Combat Evolved's.
Jonathan Miley
Jonathan is the host of the DarkCast, DarkCast Interviews, and Gamers Read. He loves books, video games, and superheroes. If he had to pick favorites, they would be Welcome to the Monkey House, Mass Effect, and Superman respectively.
Reviews, XboxJoel Szerlip November 15, 2004 Bungie, FPS, Halo, Xbox, Xbox LiveComment
Any fan that hasn't gone out to buy Halo 2 yet needs to go do that now, because this is not a game that will just be popular for the next few months, but quite possible the next couple of years.
Reviews, Xbox 360Alexander November 09, 2012 343 Studios, 360 FPS, Halo2 Comments
It has been over a decade since the Halo: Combat Evolved game graced the original Xbox platform and revolutionised console first person shooters forever. Halo 4, doesn't revolutionise the genre like the original did. This isn't a bad thing, as Halo's tried and tested formula still excites, even if you've ridden this roller coaster before.
Reviews, Xbox 360Jonathan Miley April 13, 2012 Rayman, Ubisoft, XBLA5 Comments
Rayman 3 HD
In the end, Rayman 3 just doesn't make much sense on the gamescape of 2012. It would have been more logical as a pre-order bonus for Rayman Origins than its own thing. It's a good port of a pretty good game that relies too heavily on combat rather than platforming and should only be experienced by those that can't get enough Rayman.
Reviews, Xbox 360Joel Szerlip June 06, 2007 360 Exclusive, Xbox 360 FPSComment
They focus so heavily on this cross platform technology and the multiplayer side of things that they forgot about the need for offline play as well as a more diverse online experience. Shadowrun is not a bad game by any stretch, but for a full priced game, it's hard to recommend it when in a week or two you're probably going to be ready for something else.
Reviews, Xbox 360Jonathan Miley June 05, 2014 Fable, Fable Anniversary, Lionhead, Lionhead StudiosComment
Fable Anniversary
It took me month to write this review because I didn't want to. I love the Fable series and I enjoyed my time with Anniversary, but time has not been good to the original Fable. Its world feels small, it's not great to look at and the controls are antiquated, not to mention the bugs. But Fable remains slightly relevant due to its fantastic wit and charm. Despite its issues, Fable Anniversary is the best way for players to experience the original Fable. Just keep in mind that action RPGs have a come a very long way since then.
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The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
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Background of Fort Ticonderoga
A Surprise Attack
The Revolution & Beyond
Located on Lake Champlain in northeastern New York, Fort Ticonderoga served as a key point of access to both Canada and the Hudson River Valley during the French and Indian War. On May 10, 1775, Benedict Arnold joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont in a dawn attack on the fort, surprising and capturing the sleeping British garrison. Although it was a small-scale conflict, the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga was the first American victory of the Revolutionary War, and would give the Continental Army much-needed artillery to be used in future battles.
In 1755, French settlers in North America began building a military fortification, Fort Carillon, on the western shore of Lake Champlain. Because of its location, which offered access to both Canada and the Hudson River Valley, the fort saw more fighting during the French and Indian War than any other post. In July 1758, British forces unsuccessfully attacked the fort, suffering heavy casualties. Under the command of General Jeffrey Amherst, the British returned the following year and were able to defeat the French, who destroyed much of Fort Carillon and withdrew to Canada.
Did you know? The name "Ticonderoga" was derived from an Iroquois word meaning "between two waters," or "where the waters meet."
With the fort now under their control, the British renamed it Fort Ticonderoga. By April 1775, when hostilities broke out between colonial militiamen and British soldiers at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts, the British garrison at Fort Ticonderoga numbered barely 50 men.
READ MORE: American Revolution: Causes and Timeline
Fort Ticonderoga was located directly across Lake Champlain from Vermont, where the Green Mountain Boys–a militia organized in 1770 to defend the property rights of local landowners–joined the revolutionary effort without hesitation. On the morning of May 10, 1775, fewer than a hundred of these militiamen, under the joint command of their leader, Ethan Allen, and Benedict Arnold, crossed Lake Champlain at dawn, surprising and capturing the still-sleeping British garrison at Fort Ticonderoga.
As the first rebel victory of the Revolutionary War, the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga served as a morale booster and provided key artillery for the Continental Army in that first year of war. Cannons captured at Fort Ticonderoga would be used during the successful Siege of Boston the following spring. Because of its location, the fort would also serve as a staging ground for Continental troops before their planned invasion of British-held territory in Canada.
Also in 1776, a fleet of small warships under the command of Benedict Arnold fought the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain. In July 1777, Fort Ticonderoga changed hands again, after British General John Burgoyne managed to place a cannon on Mount Defiance and force Ticonderoga's garrison under General Arthur St. Clair to evacuate. The Redcoats finally abandoned the fort permanently that November, following Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga.
In the years following the Revolutionary War, no military regiment would occupy Fort Ticonderoga, though at times the fort provided shelter for scouting parties or raiding detachments. In 1816, a New York merchant named William F. Pell began leasing the grounds of the fort. He bought the property in 1820, building a summer home there known as The Pavilion, which in 1840 was converted into a hotel to house a growing numbers of tourists in the area. In 1908, Stephen Pell began a restoration of Fort Ticonderoga; the fort opened to the public as a tourist attraction the following year.
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A statue of Bashō in Hiraizumi, Iwate.
Matsuo Bashō (松尾 芭蕉, Matsuo Bashō 1644 – November 28, 1694) was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. He is today regarded as the master of the haiku, and one of the greatest poets in the history of Japanese literature. In his own times, Basho was particularly famous for his renga, collaborative poems in which a group of poets would take turns writing linked stanzas; today, however, Basho is known worldwide for his clear, piercing haikus.
2 Rise to fame
3 Oku no Hosomichi
4 Later life
5 Influence and literary criticism
Prior to Basho, the haiku form was generally seen as little more than a literary pastime; most haiku were constrained by formal rules and overloaded with allusions to classical literature and contemporary gossip. Basho, drawing on his own studies of Zen Buddhism, revolutionized haiku by crafting poems that focused on microscopic scenes from everyday life that touched upon enormous truths. Basho showed how volumes of insight can be compressed into just seventeen syllables. His name and his legacy have virtually become synonymous with the word "haiku" itself, and his influence not only on Japanese literature but on literature the world over is tremendous.
Bashō was born Matsuo Kinsaku in roughly 1644, somewhere near Ueno in Iga Province. His father may have been a low-ranking samurai, which would have promised Bashō a career in the military but not much chance of a notable life. However, in his childhood Bashō became a servant to Tōdō Yoshitada, who shared with Bashō a love for haikai, a sort of cooperative poetry that began with the 5-7-5 syllable format (now known as haiku) and continued with a 7-7 addition by another poet. Both Tōdō and Bashō gave themselves haigo, or haikai pen names; Bashō's was Sōbō, and he was also given the samurai name of Matsuo Munefusa. In 1662 the first extant poem by Bashō was published; in 1664 two of his hokku were printed in a compilation, and in 1665 Bashō and Yoshitada composed a one-hundred-verse renku with some acquaintances.
Unfortunately, Yoshitada's sudden death in 1666 brought Bashō's peaceful life as a servant to an end. No records of this time remain, but it is believed that Bashō gave up the possibility of samurai status and left his home. Biographers have proposed various reasons and destinations, though these remain unsubstantiated speculations. Bashō's own references to this time are utterly vague. By his own account, he was even conflicted over whether to become a full-time poet: "the alternatives battled in my mind and made my life restless." In any case, his poems continued to be published in anthologies in 1667, 1669, and 1671, and he published his own compilation of various authors, Seashell Game (貝おほひ, Kai Ōi), in 1672. In roughly the spring of that year he moved to Edo to further his study of poetry.
In Edo, Bashō's poetry was quickly recognized for its simple and natural style. He gave himself the haigo of Tōsei and by 1680 he had a full-time job teaching twenty disciples who published The Best Poems of Tōsei's Twenty Disciples (桃青門弟独吟二十歌仙, Tōsei-montei Dokugin-Nijukasen), advertising their connection to Tōsei's talent. That winter, his disciples built him a rustic hut and planted a banana tree (芭蕉, bashō) in the yard, giving Bashō a new haikai and his first permanent home. He wrote hokku in tribute to the Emperor:
kabitan mo / tsukubawasekeri / kimi ga haru
the Dutchmen, too, / kneel before His Lordship—/ spring under His reign. [1678]
With this success, however, grew dissatisfaction and loneliness. He began practicing Zen meditation but apparently it did not soothe his fears. In the winter of 1682 Basho's hut burned down, and his mother died early in 1683. He then traveled to Yamura to stay with a friend. In the winter of 1683 his disciples gave him a second hut in Edo, but his spirits did not improve. Instead, after publishing another compilation, Shrivelled Chestnuts (虚栗, Minashiguri), he left Edo in 1684 on the first of four major aimless wanderings.
Traveling in medieval Japan was immensely dangerous, and at first Bashō expected to simply die in the middle of nowhere or be killed by bandits. As the trip progressed, his mood improved and he became comfortable on the road. He met many friends and grew to enjoy the changing scenery and the seasons. His poems took on a less introspective and more striking tone as he observed the world around him:
uma wo sae / nagamuru yuki no / ashita kana
even a horse / arrests my eyes—on this / snowy morrow [1684]
The trip took him from Edo to Mount Fuji to Ueno and Kyoto. He met several poets who called themselves his disciples and wanted his advice; he told them to disregard the contemporary Edo style and even his own Shrivelled Chestnuts, saying it contained "many verses that are not worth discussing." He returned to Edo in the summer of 1685, taking time along the way to write more hokku and comment on his own life:
toshi kurenu / kasa kite waraji / hakingara
another year is gone / a traveler's shade on my head, / straw sandals at my feet [1685]
When Bashō returned to Edo he happily resumed his job as a teacher of poetry at his Bashō Hut, although privately he was already making plans for another journey. The poems from his journey were published as Account of a Weather-beaten Skeleton (野ざらし紀行, Nozarashi kikō). In early 1686 he composed one of his best-remembered hokku:
furuike ya / kawazu tobikomu / mizu no oto
the old pond / a frog jumps in—/ water's sound [1686]
Apparently this poem became instantly famous. By April the poets of Edo gathered at the Bashō Hut for a haikai no renga contest on the subject of frogs that seems to have been a tribute to Bashō's hokku, which was placed at the top of the compilation. Bashō stayed in Edo, continuing to teach and hold contests, and taking an excursion in the autumn of 1687 to the countryside for tsukimi, or moon watching, and a longer trip in 1688 when he returned to Ueno to celebrate the Lunar New Year. As long as he stayed in his epynomous hut, Bashō constantly worried about inviting over too many visitors and his perceived "idleness." At the same time, he enjoyed his life and had a subtle sense of humor, as reflected in his hokku:
iza saraba / yukimi ni korobu / tokoromade
now then, let's go out / to enjoy the snow... until / I slip and fall! [1688]
Oku no Hosomichi
Bashō's private planning for another long journey culminated on May 16, 1689, when he left with his student Kawai Sora on a trip to the Northern Provinces. Bashō and Sora headed north to Hiraizumi, which they reached on June 29. They then walked to the western side of the country, touring Kisakata on July 30, afterwards hiking back at a leisurely pace along the coastline. Basho completed his epic work based on this journey, The Narrow Road to Oku (奥の細道, Oku no Hosomichi), in 1694. It is often considered his finest achievement, including hokku such as:
araumi ya / Sado ni yokotau / amanogawa
The rough sea / stretching out towards Sado / the Milky Way [1689]
Oku no Hosomichi, which translates as Road to the Interior, chronicles about 156 days of Basho and Kawai Sora's journeys, covering thousands of miles mostly on foot. Of all of Bashō's works, it is the best known, both in Japan and abroad. The text is a mixture of prose and verse, with many references to Confucius, Saigyō, ancient Chinese poetry, and even The Tale of the Heike. It manages to strike a delicate balance between all the elements to produce a powerful account. The work is primarily a travelogue, and Bashō vividly relates the unique poetic essence of each stop in his travels. Stops on his journey include the Tokugawa shrine at Nikkō, the Shirakawa barrier, the islands of Matsushima, Sakata, Kisakata, and Etchū. He and Sora parted at Yamanaka, but at Ōgaki Basho met up with a few of his other disciples for a brief time before departing again to the Ise Shrine and closing the account. After his journey, Basho spent five years working and reworking the poems and prose of Oku no Hosomichi before publishing it. Based on differences between draft versions of the account, Sora's diary, and the final version, it is clear that some events were fabricated or reordered to make a better story, but the essential poetic truth and shimmering beauty of the work remains. The Oku no Hosomichi is easily one of the most priceless works of all Japanese literature.
Later life
In the winter of 1691, Bashō returned to Edo to live in his third Bashō hut, again provided by his disciples. This time, he was not alone; he took in a nephew and his female friend, Jutei, who were both recovering from illness.
Bashō continued to be uneasy with his role as an instructor and mentor. He wrote to a friend that "disturbed by others, I have no peace of mind." He continued to make a living from teaching and appearances at haikai parties until late August of 1693, when he shut the gate to his Bashō Hut and refused to see anybody for a month. Finally, he relented after adopting the principle of karumi or "lightness," a semi-Buddhist philosophy of greeting the mundane world rather than separating himself from it. Bashō left Kyoto for the last time in the summer of 1694, spending time in Ueno and Kyoto before coming to Osaka. He became sick with a stomach illness and died peacefully, surrounded by his disciples.
Influence and literary criticism
Rather than sticking to the strict formulas of kigo (季語, kigo), the formal rules of traditional Japanese poetry which remain popular in Japan even today, Bashō aspired to reflect real human emotion in his poetry. Even during his lifetime, the clean style of his poetry was widely appreciated; after his death, it only increased. Several of his students compiled quotations from him about his own poetry, most notably Mukai Kyorai and Hattori Dohō.
During the eighteenth century, appreciation of Bashō's poems grew more fervent, and commentators such as Ishiko Sekisui and Moro Nanimaru went to great length to find references in his hokku to historical events, medieval books, and other poems. These commentators were often lavish in their praise of Bashō's obscure references, some of which would later turn out to be spurious. In 1793, Bashō was deified by the Shinto bureaucracy, and for a time criticizing his poetry was literally blasphemous.
It was not until the late nineteenth century that this period of unanimous passion for Bashō's poems came to an end. Masaoka Shiki, arguably Bashō's most famous critic, tore down the long-standing orthodoxy with his bold and candid objections to Bashō's style. However, Shiki was also instrumental in making Bashō's poetry accessible to leading intellectuals and the Japanese public at large. He invented the term haiku (replacing hokku) to refer to the freestanding 5-7-5 form which he considered the most artistic and desirable part of the haikai no renga.
Critical interpretation of Bashō's poems continued into the twentieth century, with notable works by Yamamoto Kenkichi, Imoto Nōichi, and Ogata Tsutomu. The twentieth century also saw translations of Bashō's poems into languages and editions around the world.
Barnhill, David Landis (trans). 2004. Bashō's Haiku: Selected Poems of Matsuo Bashō. State University of New York Press. ISBN 0791461661
Hamill, Sam (trans.). 2000. Narrow Road to the Interior and Other Writings. Shambhala. ISBN 1570627169
Hamill, Sam (trans.). 1999. The Essential Bashō. Shambhala. ISBN 1570622825
Keene, Donald (trans.), and Masayuki Miyata (illustrator). 1997. The Narrow Road to Oku. Kodansha International. ISBN 4770020287
Yuasa, Noboyuki (trans.). 1967. The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches. Penguin Classics. ISBN 0140441859
Translations of Bashō's hokku are quoted or adapted from Ueda 1992.
Ueda, Makoto. 1982. Matsuo Bashō. Kodansha International. ISBN 0-87011-553-7
Ueda, Makoto. 1992. Bashō and His Interpreters: Selected Hokku with Commentary. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-1916-0
All links retrieved September 1, 2018.
Classical Japanese Database — various poems by Basho in original and translation
Comparison of Three Translations of several Basho haiku
Matsuo_Basho history
Oku_no_Hosomichi history
History of "Matsuo Basho"
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I've always had an uneasy feeling about being reliant on one source of anything. Never wanted to become dependent on a single thing, I'm a bit of a survivalist in that sense.
Growing up in New York City created a low level of always-there-anxiety – And I'm third generation New Yorker, my grandparents emigrated from Europe in the early 20th century through Ellis Island and put down roots in the city. I was born into the chaos that is Manhattan and for the first 33 years of my life never lived anywhere else.
But it never felt smooth for me. When you live in a city like that you are completely dependent on the supply chain. If it breaks, you're screwed. No other options. Eight million people dependent on the same source of food and water. The grocery stores will empty very quickly and there's no farm down the road to stock-up on life's necessities.
What does this have to do with WordPress website development?
Well, I have a similar uneasiness when it comes to being dependent on plugins. I don't like being too dependent on one. So this mindset lead me to this week's experiment: Transferring a WordPress site manually.
For two year now I've been using just one plugin, All In One Wp Migration. I love it for its simplicity. Database and site files all compressed into one little file.
I've only used the free version but, I do admit, I went in and boosted the file size limit for uploads. I don't move sites around that much to justify the investment so I never did.
I still need to move a site from time to time though, so I got started on my experiment.
I figured one hour, and not much more. Didn't work out that way. Took about three…So far.
It wasn't an entirely frustrating process though because I learned a few unexpected things.
I use FileZilla for FTP and part of the process was to delete all the files on the server with the site I was replacing. But no matter how many times I hit delete the files didn't delete. In fact, I got a little red message line saying I don't have permission. What? Why?!? Good, an opportunity to learn something.
I use Cloudways to host my sites these days, and if all things stay the same, I will never switch. Any way, i got on chat with them to see if they could point out what I was missing (don't believe the critics, Cloudways has excellent customer service). They took a look and told me what I needed to do.
What I love most about this self-reliant approach is that even though there is a steep learning curve in some cases, what seems like a lot of lost time, has great payoffs. In this case I learned something about how the the Cloudways servers, FTP, and FileZilla work.
In Cloudways under Application Management > Application Settings there is a reset permissions feature. Once I clicked this I was free to add and delete from FileZilla as needed.
I also learned, for some reason, that copying files to FTP takes a little bit longer to do than if I used cPanel with another host. Why? Don't know, I was way over my time allotment by now and didn't care. but I do know to allow for the extra time now. I'll revisit that later.
I know with WordPress themes, plugins and page builders all of this stuff is slowly falling to "don't need to know this, let the developers figure it out and I'll just buy their plugins." But I don't see it that way, when something isn't working, it's important to know at least where to start looking. Invest a little bit of time now will spare the headaches later.
Once I get this down and perfect the process I don't really see why I'd do it another way. I'll certainly get faster and more efficient the more I do it. And I know I'll still use the plugins for backing up my sites, don't really see a good reason not to. But this way now I have options.


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Giancarlo Stanton Back from IL, Aaron Judge to Follow
Posted on June 18, 2019, by Bryan Zarpentine
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If you thought that New York Yankees were good up to this point in the season, you ain't seen nothing yet. The Bronx Bombers are set to get two of their biggest bombers back in action this week. On Tuesday, the Yankees officially activated Giancarlo Stanton from the Injured List. There is also a strong possibility that Aaron Judge will also be activated by the end of the week.
Stanton had just 15 plate appearances before going on the IL on April 1 with strained biceps. He's had virtually no impact on the season despite the Yankees sitting in first place in the AL East. However, that's about to change, as Stanton is in the lineup as the Yankees begin an important series Tuesday against the second-place Rays.
"It's been a long time," Stanton said of his absence. "It feels longer than it has been for me. I'm excited to be here. The boys have been fun to watch while I've been gone, so it's going to be good to file in and battle with them."
After going on the IL with a biceps injury, Stanton also aggravated a previous shoulder injury and was hit by a pitch in the knee, leading to a calf strain. But after playing in six minor league rehab games, Stanton is fit and ready to return to the big leagues. He also has a chance to hit the ground running after hitting five home runs in those six games. Stanton had 38 home runs and 100 RBIs in his first season with the Yankees last year. After missing year half the year, he won't match those numbers in 2019, but he should still make a significant impact in an already potent lineup.
Meanwhile, Judge is also making his way back to the majors. He's been out for nearly two months, going to the IL on April 21 with an oblique injury. But Judge began a minor league rehab assignment in triple-A last Friday. Barring a setback, he should be on pace to return this weekend when the Yankees play a four-game series against the Houston Astros, who are currently tied with the Dodgers for the most wins in baseball.
When Judge returns, the Yankees will finally have their first-choice outfield in place with Stanton in left field, Aaron Hicks in center field, and judge in right field. With Hicks missing the early part of the season, those three have yet to share the field this season. The Yankees will also have veterans Brett Gardner and Cameron Maybin as reserve outfielders, allowing Stanton and Judge to rest when they need it.
Stanton and Judge will also be providing even more power to a lineup that has four other players who have hit at least 15 home runs this season, including Edwin Encarnacion, who was acquired by New York over the weekend. Gary Sanchez, Luke Voit, and Gleyber Torres also have at least 15 homers this year, giving the Yankees a lineup full of home run threats.
"We were already dangerous and now it's another icing to the cake," Stanton said of the team's trade for Encarnacion. "We've got to build this together. Once we're all on full force, it's going to be a lot of fun. I'm just glad to be back and Aaron's not far behind."
As mentioned, the Yankees lead the AL East despite spending the last two months without Stanton and Judge. With those two players returning, the team's slim 1.5-game lead figures to increase in the weeks to come. At this point, the Yankees seem to have survived most of the serious injuries they've endured this season. Barring even more injury setbacks, there may be no stopping them from winning the AL East in 2019.
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UK Technologies See Great Growth
November 27, 2018 Tech News
The tech industry contributes £91 billion to the UK economy each year, while every other industry benefits from improvements to productivity, performance and profitability that come from using technology, IT consultancy, the Tech Partnership, points out.
The Tech Partnership's analysis of ONS and Blue Book data for its Tech Insights report shows that the size of the digital economy, its workforce and the number of enterprises all continue to grow. Key findings from the report show that the tech industry's £91 billion represents 6 percent of the UK economy in terms of total GVA (gross value added) – an increase of 10 percent over the previous year.
The gross value added per person working in the tech industry was £91,800 in 2013, compared to £51,300 for the average UK worker. 5 percent of the UK's workforce is employed in technology, with over 1.7 million people working in the sector. Of these, over 650,000 tech specialists work in non-technology companies.
More than 71,000 new tech specialists positions were filled in 2014, with many more still expected to be needed over the coming decade, said the Tech Partnership. But just 17 percent of people employed in tech specialist roles across all industries are women, compared with 46 percent for the UK workforce as a whole. In the tech industry itself the figure falls to just 13 percent.
Tech Partnership board member, Jacqui Ferguson, senior vice president for UK and Ireland at HP Enterprise Services, said: "These figures underline how central technology is to the success of our economy. Employers from all sectors are collaborating through the Tech Partnership to support the growing tech skills needs.
"A career in technology is really exciting and it is vital that we get more people interested and increase diversity, which is why we are investing in TechFuture Girls clubs as well as other training initiatives and programmes."
Director of strategy at the Tech Partnership, Margaret Sambell, said: "The continued success of the tech industry could be constrained if employers cannot find the skilled people that they need, so addressing the gender imbalance is key to securing a talent pipeline for the future. The Tech Partnership employers are working to ensure that more girls choose tech subjects as part of their education, and are inspired by the bright future a career in tech can create for them."
The report also states that one in four tech enterprises is based in London, and almost half (47 percent) in either London or the South East, compared with 33 percent of total UK enterprises. The tech industry could therefore potentially tap into more skills if it considered other regions for setting up shop.
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Q: Difference between inline box and atomic inline box Consider the following code:

div{
    display: inline-block;
}

div block is generated atomic inline-level box now. As said in spec. 9.2.2

Inline-level boxes that are not inline boxes (such as replaced
  inline-level elements, inline-block elements, and inline-table
  elements) are called atomic inline-level boxes because they
  participate in their inline formatting context as a single opaque box.

What does 'opaque' mean in this case? Is inline boxes participated in the inline formatting context as a transparent box?
So I'm interested in what difference between atomic inline-level box and inline box?

A: From the WC3 CSS2.1 Specification, Chapter 9 Visual formatting model:

An inline box is one that is both inline-level and whose contents
  participate in its containing inline formatting context. A
  non-replaced element with a 'display' value of 'inline' generates an
  inline box.
Inline-level boxes that are not inline boxes (such as
  replaced inline-level elements, inline-block elements, and
  inline-table elements) are called atomic inline-level boxes because
  they participate in their inline formatting context as a single opaque
  box.

Therefore

*

*Elements with display: inline generates inline boxes.

*Elements with display: inline-table | inline-block and replaced inline-level elements (like ) generates inline-level atomic boxes.

With regards to your question on what opaque means, @BoltClock explains it in a great way here:
CSS Spec - Atomic Inline Level Boxes

Opaque means that the box is a singular, solid unit, and that it
  cannot be split across lines like an inline box can when its text
  cannot all fit on a single line.

And here is some additional detail from me, that might help
Inline-level boxes includes boxes...

*

*...whose content participate in its containing inline formatting context

*

*These are called inline boxes

*They are generated by elements with display: inline

*Note the words "...whose content participate in its containing...". This means that inline-level child elements inside this inline-level box, are in the same inline formatting context as the parent. This, in turn, means that the individual child inline-level elements will separate and fall to a new line if there is white space (and the white-space property is not changed). In effect, the parent inline box will split into several boxes. Here, all the inline-level elements inside the parent inline box, live in one big happy inline formatting context.

*...that participate in their inline formatting context as a single opaque box

*

*These are called atomic inline-level boxes

*They are generated by elements with display: inline-table | inline-block | inline-flex | inline-grid

*Opaque means that the box is one single solid box

*A consequence of that is that the box cannot be split, even if inline-level boxes inside it normally should fall to the next line

*Instead, scrollbars would appear

*Contents inside this atomic inline-level box does not participate in the same inline formatting context as its parent

And finally, as seen, inline-level boxes is a super-set of inline boxes.
Hope that helps someone in the future.

A: Indeed. Referring to Visual Formatting Model

Some emphasized text

anonymous inline boxes inherit inheritable properties from their
  block parent box. Non-inherited properties have their initial value.
  In the example, the color of the anonymous inline boxes is inherited
  from the P, but the background is transparent

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2023/2024 Budget Briefing
The NCUA will hold a public budget briefing on the agency's staff draft budget for 2023–2024 at its Central Office on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern. The meeting will be livestreamed on NCUA.gov.
The proposed combined 2023 staff draft budget is $367.0 million, or 8.1 percent higher than the 2022 budget. The proposed operating budget is $350.8 million, which is 9.6 percent higher than in 2022. The proposed 2023 capital budget is $11.2 million, or 14.1 percent lower than in 2022. The proposed Share Insurance Fund administrative budget is $4.9 million, or 21.5 percent lower than in 2022. The proposed budget summary and detailed budget justifications can be found on the Budget and Supplementary Materials page (opens new window) on NCUA.gov.
To Comment on the Proposed Budget:
Submit comments on Docket # NCUA-2022-0145 at the Federal eRulemaking Portal by October 28, 2022.
Comments should provide specific, actionable recommendations.
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Email your request to BudgetBriefing@ncua.gov by October 12, 2022.
Include the presenter's name, title, affiliation, mailing address, email address, and telephone number.
The Board Secretary will notify approved presenters and give them their allotted presentation times.
For those approved to present at the budget briefing, written statements and presentations must be sent to BudgetBriefing@ncua.gov by 5 p.m. Eastern on October 14, 2022. In addition to delivering remarks at the budget briefing, registered presenters will have the opportunity to pose questions about the budget to NCUA staff.
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Unai Emery hints at potential departures to continue to rebuild at Arsenal
After UEFA Europa League defeat on Wednesday night, Arsenal manager Unai Emery plans ahead to continue rebuilding his Arsenal team by hinting at transfer activity in the upcoming summer.
Some players may need to leave Arsenal as Unai Emery continues to rebuild the squad the manager has said after they were thrashed 4-1 by Chelsea in the Europa League final in Baku.
Second-half goals from Olivier Giroud, Pedro and a double from Eden Hazard ensured Arsenal failed to win their fourth successive European final.
Emery said his team, who finished fifth in the Premier League, were still very much in a "process" and he would evaluate his options over the summer.
"We need to speak with the club, speak with the players, and do one step more in our way. But our idea is to continue carrying on improving with the young players who arrived last year," Emery said.
"Maybe some players need to leave, to take a new way. We are closer to the other teams. At the moment it's not enough, but we can continue with the same team next year. Other players will come in and help us get better in our capacity," he continued.
The defeat means Arsenal failed to earn a spot in next season's Champions League for the third successive season, but Emery said another Europa League campaign would not put off potential targets joining the club.
"I think Arsenal is a big name in the football world, and a lot of players want to play here," Emery added.
"The transfers, I don't know for next year. But the club is working to improve and to take all we need to go our way. Also, we have a lot of players with the possibility to improve."
Emery, however, conceded that Chelsea had deserved the victory.
"We tried to stay in the match but their second goal made it difficult for us. It was going better for them and when we wanted to do something, we couldn't find what we needed to score. They deserved to win," the Spaniard added.
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Now King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre. He was a widow's son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill for doing any work in bronze So he came to King Solomon and performed all his work. He fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both. read more.
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He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital. So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital. The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. There were capitals on the two pillars, even above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals. Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. On the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished.
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And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth." Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!" ... Bible Scripture Art
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1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 "See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts. 6 Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded you: Christian Canvas Art
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The Lord said to Moses, "See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft. ... Bible Scripture Art
He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital. So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital. The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. There were capitals on the two pillars, even above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals. Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. On the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished. Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and thirty cubits in circumference. Under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, completely surrounding the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast with the rest. It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward. It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths. Then he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was four cubits and its width four cubits and its height three cubits. This was the design of the stands: they had borders, even borders between the frames, and on the borders which were between the frames were lions, oxen and cherubim; and on the frames there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work. Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and its four feet had supports; beneath the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side. Its opening inside the crown at the top was a cubit, and its opening was round like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening there were engravings, and their borders were square, not round. The four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were on the stand. And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself. On the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it. He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around. He made the ten stands like this: all of them had one casting, one measure and one form. He made ten basins of bronze, one basin held forty baths; each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin. Then he set the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south. Now Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls. So Hiram finished doing all the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of the LORD: the two pillars and the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars; and the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands; and the one sea and the twelve oxen under the sea; and the pails and the shovels and the bowls; even all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were of polished bronze. In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; the weight of the bronze could not be ascertained. Solomon made all the furniture which was in the house of the LORD: the golden altar and the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence; and the lampstands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers and the lamps and the tongs, of gold; and the cups and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold. Thus all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the LORD was finished And Solomon brought in the things dedicated by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD. Christian Gifts
The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre. He is trained to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue, and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and to do all sorts of engraving and execute any design that may be assigned him, with your craftsmen, the craftsmen of my lord, David your father.
He measured the length of the building along the front of the separate area behind it, with a gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner nave and the porches of the court. The thresholds, the latticed windows and the galleries round about their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), over the entrance, and to the inner house, and on the outside, and on all the wall all around inside and outside, by measurement.read more.
"If you happen to come upon a bird's nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young; you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, in order that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days. Christian Gifts
Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. "Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field; By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return." Christian Canvas Art
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As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, 'You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.' But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight.
There is not much happening in terms of home decor in my house during this stage of life, but I've just recently been trying to think harder about ways to make our living space feel more polished. I've always liked the use of inspirational home decor and Bible verses in the homes of others. It just adds small reminders of truth throughout the rooms you visit everyday. When I enter the home of someone with Bible verse home decor it also helps me quickly understand their faith lies. It may even be a conversation starter. Christian Gifts
Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many. And I said to them, "Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot. And while they are still standing guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, some at their guard posts and some in front of their own homes." The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt. Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written in it: ... Bible Scripture Art
And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth." Then I looked, and I heard around the throne and the living creatures and the elders the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!" ... Christian Gifts
Masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak. Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. ... Share Your Faith Products
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. ... Christian Canvas Art
For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel and five-sided doorposts. So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive woodread more. Christian Gifts
The theme verse of 1 & 2 Kings are combined for two reasons: first, the two documents were originally written as one book, but were simply divided up because of scroll length. This is true also of 1 & 2 Chronicles and 1 & 2 Samuel, but in this case, the theme of both 1 & 2 Kings was best summed up together (in the other book pairs, each book had a more distinctive theme).
Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself. On the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it. He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around.read more.


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