3/18/2023 0 Comments Space runaway ideon comparisonThey both suffered a great deal and have a tendency to be instable. so it just all comes down to (lack of) subtlety in the end, not whether or not the religious stuff was gratuitous.Īs for the characters. Maybe he could have, but in the end, people would have still compared the game's made-up religion to Christianity. I heard some people say that Takahashi could have told the same story without taking from the Bible. In Evangelion, the religious stuff is only there because Anno thought it seemed cool (it kinda does, goes well with apocalyptic stuff even if it means very little) while Xenogears deals directly with religion, as it was something Takahashi genuinely pondered about. At heart, Evangelion is more a very personal character study while Xenogears is an epic tale (it's more story-driven than character driven in a way *compared to Evangelion anyway*). Still, I don't think Anno and Takahashi aimed for the same thing. They both take a huge inspiration from Childhood's End, have religious imageries, phychological stuff, tortured characters, giant robots (with souls), issues with budget (which resulted in "chair" moments). Xenogears and Evangelion share similitaries but they're not copy of each other. and by the anime fandom ("emo pretentious clusterfuck" and the likes, Xenogears/Saga get those as well). I have seen Evangelion get bashed the same way by Xenogears fans. Akagi and her mother and Rei, the episode with the last angel and how it devastates Shinji to kill him - that was actual quality I'd say.īut everything before that? The pretenses ata coherent narrative or to establish a believable fictional world? They fail spectacularly. When Asuka loses her mind, the history of Dr. I guess what I'm saying is that Eva is great when it does what it actually does good and that is examining the characters. Stigmata? Really? When robots attack Shinji's robot and he has blood on his hands? That's some great sign? The use of CHRISTIAN SYMBOLISM has taken on a whole new level of gratuitousness while having even less merit. But that is not doing anything to make me happy. And so even though I genuinely enjoy the mind trip through Shinji's head, and I find the end of the last episode inspirational, I'm still left feeling frustrated and confused.Īlso know there's End of Evangelion. The list of things that are never explained in the anime is very, very long. It doesn't explain Adam or SEELE or what make Fuyutsuki join up with Gendo or. The last couple episodes of the anime don't address jack shit about the plot. hurts what was good by having what came before. And those last few episodes were when it was actualy GOOD. Sure there's Angels and shit but it doesn't have anywhere near the same tone as the last few episodes. Hell, half of the original anime series I'd say. It's just that it starts so.normally and proceeds to be more or less normal for many episodes. The most you can do is Fei at the very, very beginning resembling Shinji but even then, he snaps out of it while Shinji is still a weeping bag of mush even by End of Evangelion.Īnd it's not even that I hate the whole thing. Moreover, none of the characters even remotely resemble any of the characters from EVA. It has nothing on Xenogears' multifaceted plot, its fantastic worldbuilding, its actually well done implementation of religious symbolism and names. The plot was barely coherent and left almost everything of significance unexplained, the use of religious terms was so hamfisted it makes you want to gag, and the budget constraints are more painful than those on Xenogears' second disk. Well I just watched Neon Genesis Evangelion and it was kinda whatever. Most recently, I heard Xenogears described as "bad Evangelion fanfiction." I've been seeing them compared online ever since I played Xenogears for the first time all those years ago.
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3/18/2023 0 Comments Dota enable quickcastFor significant fps gain (and glancevalue) try the No-Bling mod at Might want to use the Toggle UI Animations off after matches at Bonus, the definitive steamwebhelper_killer! Completely remove Steam browser with: -no-browser "C: \Program Files (x86) \Steam \Steam.exe" -silent -forceservice -single_core -windowed -manuallyclearframes 0 -nodircheck -norepairfiles -noverifyfiles -nocrashmonitor -nocrashdialog -vrdisable -nofriendsui -skipstreamingdrivers 1. Optional launch parameters for the Steam executable (adjust to your path) Right-click Desktop - New - Shortcut: -threads 2 -onethreadpool -dx9renderthreadstack -dx11renderthreadstack -disallowhwmorph -deferTextureLoads -nogammaramp -novr -nojoy -noime -nobreakpad -nogamestats -noloaderlockprobe -disablehangwatchdog Optional troubleshooting launch options that you can try case by case: and then share the file: Steam \steamapps \common \dota 2 beta \game \dota \console.log Optional to facilitate reporting issues, add launch options: -consolelog -conclearlog -con_timestamp sys_info -high -mainthreadpriority 1 -high -mainthreadpriority 2 Optional performance launch options that you can try case by case if your hardware is stable: -swap_chain_as_is -forcepow2dxt -maxtextureres 128 -oldtexturestreaming Enable "Use advanced settings" under Settings - Video and restart the game. -nod3d9ex is incompatible with Fullscreen mode (alt-tab issues) so switch to Borderless Window if used (with -dx9 or -dx11) for POTATO-GRADE/ONBOARD HW -dx9 -nod3d9ex Run the game once - it will close itself shortly Add Dota 2 launch options: -autoconfig_level 0 -benchframes 1 -bench reset_gameconvars Dota 2 cfg tweaking is very limited ever since Reborn, so also use tweaked launch options: Not much, just added a few missing binds and ui options no longer forcing render quality to 0.71 Will override user settings if enabled (un-commented). Some reference hotkeys and options use tweaked values. Disable options/binds/commands you do not want forced by this cfg by starting lines with // C style line comment To optimally read/edit this cfg, use a text processor featuring 132 chars per line and syntax highlighting to C Save as: Steam\steamapps\common\dota 2 beta\game\dota\cfg\autoexec.cfg (make sure extension is. DOTA autoexec.cfg REFERENCE preset - get latest from t=194985 3/18/2023 0 Comments Into the trash it goes moneyLandfills also must use federally approved operating practices for handling the trash, which include compacting and covering it frequently with several inches of soil. They have a composite liner on top of 2 feet (0.61 meters) of compacted clay soil on the bottom and sides, as well as systems to capture leachate, the water that percolates down through the trash, before it can contaminate groundwater.Īdditionally, landfills are equipped with groundwater testing wells to make sure that pollution isn't escaping. In addition, municipal solid waste landfills also are allowed to take some other types of nonhazardous waste from businesses and industry. These facilities, which are designed and operated to conform to federal regulations, primarily are for the purpose of handling household trash. Today, there are about 2,600 landfills that handle municipal solid waste across the U.S. In 1976, Congress passed the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which imposed requirements on landfills to prevent them from polluting the environment. Instead of just dumping or burning trash, it was systematically buried, compacted with heavy equipment, and then covered. Modern sanitary landfills - the first of which was created in California back in 1937 - became the solution to this problem. Additionally, the USPHS found that open-burning dumps were causing respiratory harm and posed disease threats, and polluted groundwater as well. Public Health Service (USPHS) issued a disturbing report, in which it predicted that solid waste generation would double in 20 years' time, and that urban areas would run out of nearby land for garbage disposal. The point is that in 2021, you can't credibly purport to provide a secure app when youī) literally give the CIA a seat on your board of directors.In 1964, the U.S. Interesting to note that the CIA had invested $1.6million into Wickr, the encrypted messaging software that organized crime groups used white labelled in Anom phone devices, later discovered to be a sting operation run with US Law Enforcement agencies.- Hacker Fantastic October 12, 2021Įdward Snowden responds to Wickr's CIA funding by tweeting: "Into the trash it goes." More questions than answers remain about In-Q-Tel's $1.6 million injection into the end-to-end encrypted messaging app. Amazon has been known to have cloud contracts with the CIA. In June, Amazon Web Services announced it acquired Wickr. However, Wickr's funding profile is nowhere to be found on In-Q-Tel's public portfolio section on its website. In-Q-Tel serves multiple agencies committed to national security including the CIA, FBI, NSA, NGA, NRO, DHS (specifically Customs and Border Protection), DIA, and Air Force," Sessine said. There will always be companies that are not announced publicly, which is common practice in the investment community. Our website features the majority of our portfolio investments. "In-Q-Tel is a prolific strategic investor, making more than 50 investments each year. Motherboard spoke with Carrie Sessine, senior vice president of marketing and communications at In-Q-Tel, and asked more about the funds sent to Wickr. The form details compensation paid to outside contractors and mentions a $1.6 payment to Wickr but doesn't explain if it was an investment or a purchase order.īut deeper within the form, a section reads: "The hallmark of IQT's strategic an agile model is the development effort-aka work program-where the company collaborates with the startup to tailor a company's technology to specific government requirements and invests funds towards that work program." Vice's Motherboard was first notified by Jack Poulson, executive director of Tech Inquiry, about In-Q-Tel's From 990 filed in the fiscal year ending in March 2020. The fund has been notable for funding Google and Palantir at very early stages, bringing us to the latest possible investment into encrypted messaging platform Wickr. In 1999, the CIA created In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit investment firm that invests in high-tech startup companies focused on increasing the capacity of US intelligence agencies. 3/17/2023 0 Comments My hero academia charactersSure, it helps that he gets a transferable quirk along the way, but Deku’s potential for greatness was always there, reflected in his need to help others without a second thought. While timid and vulnerable at first, Deku’s determination to follow a heroic path is truly commendable, and eventually allows him to grow into a more self-assured person. Despite being born without a quirk in a world where 80 percent of the population has one, Deku never stopped dreaming about becoming a hero, and this childish and dreamy nature is what captured the viewers’ hearts from the get-go. Izuku Midoriya, or Deku, as he’s best known, is the most likable character in the series. Despite their appearance or quirk, the most likable characters are often the ones with the most gripping personalities and backstories, whose development is evidently compelling to watch. Being powerful doesn’t necessarily equate to being the best, especially when it comes to earning the audience’s favor. From earnest heroes to ruthless villains, this series has it all, and it portrays an array of truly powerful characters, some of them even overpowered, one could argue. As we well know, the vast world of anime is where we often find the most unique characters.Īs one of the most popular anime and manga series of our time, My Hero Academia has a solid ensemble of interesting and well-loved characters. For some people, nothing gets them more attached to the content they consume than well-rounded and compelling characters. Recommended – Zero Gravity Lift promo from My Hero Academia UniVersus.What makes a piece of media successful? Some would argue storytelling is the most significant aspect to achieve greatness, while others could point out the importance of visuals and sound design. So if you manage to pull off these, consider yourselves to be one of the lucky ones I’d personally go buy a lottery ticket right after to test my luck again! So a conservative estimate would be about $500. If we look at the most extensive MHA CCG card, it goes for around $300-400, and this Chrome Rares can easily surpass this amount. But we can predict a price point based on the previous cards from the site, and we already know the rarity of the card there will ever be only 100 of these. ValueĪs of now, we have no clue how the markets will react to this card. The cards have a simple metallic look, plus the green color added on top makes the card look like a priced possession, which it is. It is the first of its kind in the CCG and looks fantastic! The illustration of the Izuku Midoriya Chrome Rare is nothing is pretty decent, but what sets the card apart is its Chrome Foil. This isn’t excellent news for most fandom because they’ll never get to have it. And will only be available in the first print of the Heroes Clash Set. There will only be 100 Izuku Midoriya Chrome Rares. The Chrome Rare cards are incredibly scarce, and that’s not an exaggeration, by the way. He then enrolled in the most prestigious Hero school, and the anime follows his time in and off school! Trivia This was until he crossed paths with his childhood Hero, and his life changed. His story is even more heartbreaking when you consider what he dreams of, Izuku wanted to be a Hero so badly, but without a quirk, he was useless. He was instantly an outsider for no fault of his own while others got to play around with their powers, our poor little Izuku was constantly bullied and didn’t get to experience the joy of having a quirk. Izuku Midoriya was born quirkless in a world where having quirks is very common. The card is probably the most popular card at the moment, so we decided to break down the several aspects of the card and also predict what the future value may look like! The brand-new set boasts some of the best cards we’ve seen in the CCG, especially the Chrome Rares! One card from the collection is the Izuku Midoriya Chrome Rare, which features the anime’s protagonist. The vast amounts of fan-favorite characters that My Hero Academia boasts translate very well into a CCG.Ĭurrently, there have been two different sets in the CCG, and Heroes Clash is the third one, which is on the verge of release, and by the time you read this article, it might’ve been released already! Anime fans have flocked to stores to get their hand on this brand-new twist on their favorite franchise. The My Hero Academia CCG has quickly become one of the most popular ones in the TCG community. Izuku Midoriya Chrome Rare is a part of My Hero Academia Heroes Clash Set! 3/17/2023 0 Comments Music metronomeIf you are running through some music for the first time, you don’t have to start with the metronome. Think of a metronome as your rhythmic training wheels.īeginners will often slow down on difficult parts and speed up on easy ones. Good music almost always requires a consistent pulse. Keeping a steady beat is a critical skill for bassists and musicians. The metronome will help you learn to keep a steady pace. You can count other time signatures the same way. Counting one beat on each click you would count: 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on. (See time signatures.) Each click of the metronome will equal one of those four beats. Most often you will play music in 4/4 time and count 4 beats to a bar. How to Use a Metronomeīeginners are often unsure of how to use a metronome. I also prefer the metronomes with dials rather than push buttons. That will be important in coming rhythm lessons. Make sure you listen to it and that it makes a clicking sound, not a beeping sound. I’ve always liked Seiko metronomes, but there are many choices. I recommend purchasing a digital quartz metronome. Pendulum-style metronomes are usually wound like watches used to be. The older style metronomes use a pendulum that swings back and forth making a click with each swing. Most metronomes nowadays are digital and run on batteries. Musicians use metronomes to practice rhythm, pace themselves, and to learn to keep a consistent beat. You can check out the online metronome I developed for studybass. A metronome makes a pulsing click sound that can be set at various speeds. If you wish to stop the Metronome entirely, press the "Stop" button at the bottom of the popup.A metronome is a device that provides a steady beat. You may choose to change the BPM and the tempo will adjust accordingly without having to stop and restart. To adjust the tempo again, tap on the Metronome Button and the popup will reappear. While the button is hidden, you also will not be able to turn off the metronome until you exit full screen mode. Please note: if you enter full screen while the metronome is active you will still hear the sound, but the flashing button will not be visible until you exit full screen mode. The Metronome button will appear on the top menu bar (tablets) or next to the "Play" button (phones) and pulse at the same rate as your selected BPM during playback. The popup will close and you will now hear a steady beat at your chosen BPM to follow along with. The "Reset" button will return the metronome to the default tempo.Īfter setting your desired BPM, tap the "Start" button.The "1 1/2" button will set BPM to 1.5 times the default tempo.The "1/2" button will set the BPM to half of the default tempo for the piece you are viewing.Use the selector/slider to choose from a pre-set rate.Use the "plus" and "minus" buttons to increase or decrease the BPM by one beat at a time.Please note: the metronome will have a default tempo of 120 BPM for all imported PDFs. You can choose from several options to select the rate your metronome will play. When you tap on the Metronome icon, a popup will appear that will allow you to choose what you would like the metronome's BPM (beats per minute) to be. 3/17/2023 0 Comments Furosemide iv push 40 mgSolutions in contact with the plastic container may leach out certain chemical components from the plastic in very small amounts however, biological testing was supportive of the safety of the syringe material.Ĭontains no preservative. Water permeates from inside the container at an extremely slow rate which will have an insignificant effect on solution concentration over the expected shelf life. The plastic syringe is molded from a specially formulated polypropylene. Contains sodium hydroxide and may contain hydrochloric acid for pH adjustment. Each mL contains furosemide 10 mg and sodium chloride sufficient to render solution isotonic in water for injection. 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Some species of trillium are listed as threatened or endangered and collecting these species is illegal in Michigan. Trillium are a long lived (25 years) yet very delicate plant and can be killed unintentionally by picking the flowers. Honey bees, bumblebees and wasps act as pollinators. Large, white, odorless flowers grow pinker as they age. The most common trillium in Michigan is the eastern white trillium, occurring in every county. There are 39 varieties of native trilliums in the United States. Trilliums have three leaf-like bracts whorled around a stem, producing a single flower with three sepals, three petals, and six stamens in the center with three stigmas. Keep an eye out for them this spring tread lightly, take only photos and leave only footprints.Īs the name implies, the plant’s growth form is based in threes. Below is a list of some of our most common spring ephemeral wildflowers. Resist the urge to pick the alluring flowers they are often sensitive to disturbance and some have laws protecting them. Frequent walks in the woods are necessary if you hope to catch a glimpse of these fleeting displays of spring. These plants emerge, bloom, set seed, then die back and enter dormancy before the canopy leafs out and blocks the sunlight. Ephemeral means “lasting for a very short time.” Before the trees leaf out, an abundance of sunlight is able to reach the forest floor, warming the soil and encouraging the first wildflowers to push through the leaf litter. The earliest group of wildflowers to emerge in our forests are referred to as spring ephemerals. When the last of the snow melts away, the earliest wildflowers begin to appear in March and April. At the end of a long, cold winter many of us are eagerly waiting for the first signs of spring. 3/17/2023 0 Comments Minecraft bedrock editionFixed a potential crash source in explosions.Fixed a bug which caused the game to crash when loading an arrow with an unrecognized data value ( MCPE-157983).Fixed a crash that could occur when an animated structure was loading from a structure block and the player left a dimension via portal ( MCPE-132561).Fixed a crash when using spawn eggs in peaceful worlds on PlayStation 4 Edition.Amphibious mobs no longer have trouble pathfinding around mud blocks ( MCPE-153961).Projectiles landing on mud will not repeatedly shake ( MCPE-153744).Players swimming above mud will not have their screen covered ( MCPE-153737).Librarian villagers can now offer enchanted books with Curse of Vanishing and Curse of Binding ( MCPE-84906).Increased ravager speed to match Java Edition ( MCPE-48145).Increased ravager collision box size to match Java Edition ( MCPE-142171, MCPE-45531).Ravagers can now be hurt by evoker fangs.Decreased the amount of hunger used while swimming to match Java Edition ( MCPE-154452).Wither skeletons can now spawn inside of wither roses ( MCPE-110127).Scaffolds now burn at a more correct rate, 1/4 of an item ( MCPE-42949).Changed bubble column strength to match Java Edition ( MCPE-158858).Sweet berries can now be planted on farmland ( MCPE-99632).Mobs no longer spawn within the bounds of an ancient city ( MCPE-153524).The roofed forest, savanna mutated, and birch forest biomes use the correct grass colors ( MCPE-34936).Getting killed by a mob with a renamed weapon now produces a death message with the item name ( MCPE-162055).Getting killed by a renamed weapon now produces a death message with the item name.Ravagers now can be hurt by evoker fangs and attacked by "Johnny" vindicators.Removed illager parameter from minecraft:type_famliy in Ravager.json.Recipes can now refer to a tag instead of an item.Profile settings has been split into two new sections: General and Account.When used as fuel for furnaces, they now burn equally as long as a bamboo does.minecraft:coals, minecraft:logs, minecraft:logs_that_burn, minecraft:planks, minecraft:soul_fire_base_blocks, minecraft:stone_crafting_materials, minecraft:stone_tool_materials, minecraft:wooden_slabs, minecraft:wool.Added tag to support recipes instead of item names. 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Set autoexec.cfg to automatically execute. Once you're satisfied with the selected value, create autoexec.cfg in your configuration file path and put the command into it.A different number can be used to change the tilting strength (default is 3). Enter the command sv_rollangle 0 to disable tilting completely.You can enable the console by going to Settings > Keyboard tab > Advanced. Start the game and open the console ( ~ key).You can easily disable it by going to Settings > Gameplay. Note: though this is a different effect from head-bobbing, head-bobbing needs to be disabled for the following fix to work. 9.9 Game installs AZERTY (French) keyboard layoutĪdjust/disable camera tilting when strafing.9.8 Xana speaks German in a Russian version of the game.9.3 FOV lowers after using Ballista at the start.9.1 Changing language doesn't take effect (Steam version).4.2 Adjust/disable camera tilting when strafing. 3/17/2023 0 Comments Macvector downloadFor my own purposes I usually do quick-and-dirty alignments using either Muscle or ClustalW within MacVector, then use the alignments to construct a neighbor-joining tree.If sequence analysis software isn’t available, ordinary text editing programs can be used to manually manipulate the posted text files. However, MacVector offers student pricing at attractive rates. Individual MacVector licenses are expensive. We’re fortunate that the NCI has a site license that makes MacVector available to intramural investigators.
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