5/10/2023 0 Comments Justplay 22The scoring drives in this game combined for 7 total offensive yards: a 5 yard Iowa field goal drive, an 11 yard SDSU field goal drive, and two safeties totaling -9 yards.So I’m just gonna say some stuff that happened. It was boring and poorly executed but terrifyingly disquieting. It was like watching a cross between a Jordan Peele movie and an even-lower-budget remake of 2003 Tommy Wiseau movie The Room. You CANNOT surprise me with football incompetence. I have been watching Big Ten football for more than three decades. Recap: I have been writing this column for more than a decade. When they play Michigan: Hey, neat, we get to learn something about the corners. Michigan can sleep soundly about: This says way, way more about the rest of the schedule than it does about Maryland. Michigan should worry about: Maryland is literally Michigan’s only opponent who was not in at least moderate danger of losing a game in Week 1. This team is as frightening as: Outlook hazy ask again later. NEXT week, though, Maryland plays SMU, which should actually provide some interesting feedback. Charlotte - who has already lost 43-13 to FAU and 41-24 to FCS William & Mary - is even worse. Recap: We learned nothing about Maryland last week. Michigan can sleep soundly about: UConn hasn’t beaten a Top-125 FBS team since 2017. He rushed for 190 yards on 20 carries against Utah State and 123 yards on 23 carries against Central Connecticut. He’s a little dude, but he shows great balance and patience. Michigan should worry about: Running back Nathan Carter is legit. This team is as frightening as: When you’re expecting to fight a toddler, then you find out the toddler is surprisingly big for his age, but also that the toddler has a torn ACL and a broken collarbone. Still, you can make a very good argument for UConn as NOT being one of the ten worst teams in the country right now. Their Week 1 performance didn’t add much in the way of confidence, as they only led Central Connecticut 14-3 into the 4th quarter before pulling away. As a result, UConn was unable to do much of anything through the air, but they rushed for 6.3 yards per carry, nearly double their 3.2 yards per carry from last year. This is on the heels of losing their anticipated #1 receiver, Cam Ross, to a foot injury in camp. Starting quarterback TaQuan Roberson tore his ACL, and leading returning receiver Keelan Marion broke his collarbone. And when Utah State scored 24 points in the second quarter and it looked like they might pull away and turn this into a regular ol’ UConn game, the Huskies managed to pull it together and stay within shouting distance for the rest of the afternoon. Despite being a 24-point underdog, they jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and looked energized. Recap: In one of the most surprising appearances of a heartbeat since they thawed Steve Rogers out of that glacier, UConn SHOWED UP against Utah State. Last week: Lost at Utah State, 31-20 Beat Central Connecticut, 28-3 When they play Michigan: They’re going to put this on television. Seems perverse to me, but what do I know. It seems to be based on concerns that the Fed is going to raise interest rates, but, I mean, the reason the Fed feels like they can raise rates is because of a string of pretty good economic news over the last few weeks, so we’re in this weird spot where the better the economic indicators, the more the market tanks. Michigan should worry about: The stock market is getting hammered over the last couple of weeks. Michigan can sleep soundly about: Hawai’i is in the midst of a system transition and a complete culture overhaul, and they’re doing so without a shred of talent. This team is as frightening as: An esquilax. Recap: The Timmy Chang Era started well, with the Rainbow Warriors scoring a touchdown on their first drive. Last week: Lost to Vanderbilt, 63-10 Lost to Western Kentucky, 49-17
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5/10/2023 0 Comments Calico catTama has been given the distinguished title of “Honorable Eternal Station Master.” In keeping with the Japanese Shinto religious tradition, she was elevated to the status of the goddess of the Yakayama Electric Railway. Thousands of people attended her funeral at Kishi Station. In 2015, Tama passed away at 16 years of age. A recording of Tama meowing is played when the train doors open at a station. The front of the train even has cat ears and whiskers. Tama was even knighted by the Wakayama governor! A Tama-themed line was introduced in 2010, the Tamaden railway, featuring a train decorated with paw prints and cartoons of Tama. In the first year she was stationmaster, ticket sales rose more than 10 percent. Tama was given a stationmaster’s hat and her salary was paid in cat food. She was the first feline stationmaster in Japan - and not the last. Have you ever heard of a cat with a job before? In 2007, a calico cat named Tama was officially named the “Stationmaster of Kishi Station” in Japan’s Wakayama prefecture region. The Massachusetts state cat is the tabby cat.Ī Japanese railway station has a calico cat stationmaster. As you may have guessed, the Maine Coon is the official cat for Maine. have official cat representatives for their official state mammal: Maine, Massachusetts, and Maryland. The rationale? The calico cat’s fur coloring of orange, black, and white are shared by the Maryland state bird, the Baltimore oriole, and the Maryland state insect, the Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly.Īnother fun fact - only three states in the U.S. In 2001, the calico cat became the official cat for the state of Maryland. Male calico cats are very rare since they only occur as the result of a genetic anomaly.Ĭalico cats are the official state cat of Maryland. Male cats typically only have one X chromosome, so they tend to be either black OR orange, but not both. Black and orange fur are both linked to the X chromosome, and since female cats have two X chromosomes, they can have both colors at once. Without getting into too much detail, calico cats are almost always female since a cat’s coat coloring is linked to genetics. Just like torties, calico cats are most often female. As the ships sailed from port to port, the cats started to travel throughout the world and spread their unique fur and coat pattern genetics, too. It’s believed that Egyptian merchants took calico cats aboard their ships to help keep their vessels from being overrun with mice and rats. The orange mutant gene that’s found in calicos likely originated from Egypt and was traced to port cities along the Mediterranean Sea in France, Greece, Italy, and Spain. While there’s no way to be 100% certain where they originated from, one study traced calico cats along shipping trade routes in Europe and Northern Africa. Calico cats may have originated from Egypt.Ĭalico cats have been around for a long time. 5/10/2023 0 Comments Tf2 spacechemIs it good or bad? I don't know, it's just a mechanic. On its own, it means nothing it's just a mechanic. Sometimes you'll be firing and all of a sudden shiny, magic bullets will start coming out of your gun that do tons of damage, especially at long range. In TF2, they have a mechanic called random crits. The idea is that when you make a game, all you're doing is implementing mechanics, right? But the interaction of those mechanics and how players work creates dynamics – let me give an example. Zach:  We use MDA: Mechanics, Dynamics, Aesthetics. MP:  What's interesting to me is that the mechanics seem fairly well married to the educational content. The following excerpt jumps into the design philosophy that Zachtronics uses to design educational games, the challenges of creating games that incorporate programming concepts, and Zach’s thoughts on the relationship between games and learning. (We’re especially thankful to Zach for permitting us to transcribe such an informal conversation.) We spoke over lunch at GDC with Zach Barth, developer of SpaceChem and founder of Zachtronics Industries, about the special challenges involved in creating this kind of game. In 2011, Wired UK and New Scientist described how “SpaceChem, a science-themed puzzler hailed as one of the year's best indie games, is aiming to make the leap from bedrooms to classrooms.†Today, SpaceChem is used by schools in the United States, eastern Europe, and the United Kingdom to supplement computer science curricula. As copyright protects more works for longer periods than ever before, it makes new creation harder. In fact, as the Supreme Court has pointed out, fair use keeps copyright from violating the First Amendment. Where it applies, fair use is a right, not a mere privilege. It has been an important part of copyright law for more than 150 years. Fair use is the most important of these features. Without the second half of the bargain, we could all lose important new cultural work just because one person is arbitrary or greedy.Ĭopyright law has several features that permit quotations from copyrighted works without permission or payment, under certain conditions. The bargain is this: we as a society give limited property rights to creators, to reward them for producing culture at the same time, we give other creators the chance to use that same copyrighted material without permission or payment, in some circumstances. In fact, the cultural value of copying is so well established that it is written into the social bargain at the heart of copyright law. In spite of our romantic cliches about the anguished lone creator, the entire history of cultural production from Aeschylus through Shakespeare to Clueless has shown that all creators stand, as Isaac Newton (and so many others) put it, “on the shoulders of giants.” Mashups, remixes, subs, and online parodies are new and refreshing online phenomena, but they partake of an ancient tradition: the recycling of old culture to make new. Only then will efforts to fight copyright “piracy” in the online environment be able to make necessary space for lawful, value-added uses. It is important for video makers, online service providers, and content providers to understand the legal rights of makers of new culture, as policies and practices evolve. As practices spread and financial stakes are raised, the legal status of inserting copyrighted work into new work will become important for everyone. But digital platforms make work far more public than it has ever been, and cultural habits and business models are developing. Often people circulated their work within a small group of family and friends. Until now, that fact has been almost irrelevant in business and law, because broad distribution of nonprofessional video was relatively rare. More and more, video creation and sharing depend on the ability to use and circulate existing copyrighted work. The circulation of these videos is an emerging part of the business landscape, as the sale of YouTube to Google demonstrated. Both amateur and professional editors are creating new forms of viral popular culture, as the “Dramatic Chipmunk” meme and the “Brokeback to the Future” mashup illustrate. Video remix has become a core component of political discourse, as the video “George Bush Don’t Like Black People” and the “Yes We Can” parodies demonstrated. People make and share videos to tell stories about their personal lives, remixing home videos with popular music and images. Video is increasingly becoming a central part of our everyday landscape of communication, and it is becoming more visible as people share it on digital platforms. 5/10/2023 0 Comments Plumber yateOur background check does not exclude service professionals unless the crime at issue is a felony. Contracting without a license in the past seven years.Other felonies not listed above that occurred in the past seven years.Manslaughter/murder/homicide/vehicular homicide.Businesses will not be admitted to the network if their owners or principals have the following felonies in their available criminal records*: Our third-party vendor uses a national criminal database ("NCD") to screen service professionals. We use a third-party vendor to conduct a criminal records search in the state in which the business owner or principal works. As always, we recommend that you conduct your own research on the businesses you hire, including making inquiries directly with the businesses regarding their employee background check policies. Unfortunately, we cannot perform a background check on every employee of a business-the background checks are performed only on the owner or principal. The owner or principal of each business in HomeAdvisor's network (with the exception of Corporate Accounts) must pass a background check. HomeAdvisor's Terms and Conditions for a full description of how we screen Service ProfessionalsĬriminal Background Check Who does HomeAdvisor background check? Therefore, we recommend that before working with a service professional you verify that information presented is still current and/or acceptable to you. NOTE: Member service professional information confirmed as described above may change or expire over time while HomeAdvisor attempts to maintain accurate and up-to-date information, and confirms changes when notified, we cannot guarantee that profile and screening information is accurate. We conduct a reverse business phone lookup to identify records matching the phone number information provided by the business. Identity Verification (Reverse Phone Lookup).This check applies primarily to smaller business entities. HomeAdvisor verifies the social security number(s) of the owner/principal for identity check purposes. We use 3rd party data sources to check the principal/owner of the business for liens placed against them. We use 3rd party data sources to check the principal/owner of the business for state level civil legal judgments entered against them. We use 3rd party data sources to check the history of the principal/owner of the business for bankruptcy filings by or against them. We confirm that the owner/principal is not listed on the official state Sex Offender web site in the state in which the owner/principal of the company is located. HomeAdvisor uses 3rd party data sources to conduct a criminal search for any relevant criminal activity associated with the owner/principal of the business. We require coverage for hundreds of services.įor business types that require a Secretary of State filing, we confirm that the business is in good standing in the state in which it is located. HomeAdvisor checks to see if the business carries the appropriate state-level license.Īs a part of our screening process, we encourage professionals to carry general liability insurance. What is the screening process that Service Professionals go through in order to become members of the HomeAdvisor network? Find hiring guides, material costs, expert advice, how-to's and more. 5/10/2023 0 Comments Punk mosh pitOne of my fondest memories in a pit was at a Flogging Molly show, an Irish punk rock band. They are a true exercise in community values and trust. Punk fans know what it means to truly mosh – it means shoving and not hitting it means when someone falls down, everything stops to pick them back up it means if someone is tying their shoe at the border, you form a barrier around them to keep them safe. And if you’ve never been in a pit at a non-EDM event, I couldn’t blame you for being unaware. However, when moshing first entered the music scene in Southern California in the early 1980s, it couldn’t have been more different. I’ve been personally knocked out from a mosh pit, and I know friends whose noses have been broken, and whose clothes have been ripped, so I can completely empathize with the idea that moshing is bad, or that it should be removed from events entirely. Moshing, as most EDM fans know it, is pretty much exactly as I’ve described above – a lawless pit of jacked up bros swinging their elbows and ramming into each other with the intention of inflicting the most pain or damage as possible. Wait a second… that’s not moshing, that’s a brawl. Moshing leads to broken bones, fights at shows, and a lot of discomfort for those surrounding the pit. You might recognize this sentence from a recent editorial by EDM.com on moshing, and why it should be banned from EDM. “What once began as a cluster of people vigorously bouncing around and head-banging, has quickly found its way of evolving into a full-scale warzone atmosphere at times, and more and more people seem to be leaving these mosh pits with bruises, sore limbs, and even broken bones as a result.” 5/10/2023 0 Comments Macbook pro startup timeIf you are running Mojave or High Siera natively, you might need a old version of OSX available to boot up and re-run the above installers to re-apply the firmware updates. It doesn’t matter for me as I’m using OpenCore Legacy Patcher to boot Big Sur so the firmware version shows as 999.999.999.999. One thing I’m not sure about is the firmware version the above link will restore? Firmware updates are important for anyone who is running High Sierra or Mojave (the latest one being 144.0.0.0) but I can’t tell what version this CD applied. I had exactly the same issue with my 4,1 flashed as a 5,1 taking minutes to get a boot chime (fans going to take off mode and sometimes never booting, then once reaching the chime no other issues in OSX).įor the benefit of anyone viewing this later, I was running a non-EFI GPU so I had to re-install the old GT 120 I kept in the loft to apply the process described here. Has anyone got any thank you so much, I didn’t even know Apple provided a means to restore firmware from CD. Startup Manager gives the user control of their Mac by displaying a list of non-apple apps that might be slowing down production. Originally this machine was 2 x 6 core 2.93. I had the CPU's upgraded to 2 x 6 core 3.46. 2 Select the startup disk with the operating system you want to use, then. It makes me nervous though because there is obviously some issue there, probably with the firmware or hardware and I find it difficult to get on with work knowing that there's a problem which may start manifesting in other ways. 1 Restart your Mac and hold down the Option key until disk icons appear onscreen. So I've got a Mac Pro that can take 10 minutes plus to get to the point where there's a start up chime, but once it's running, there appears to be no issues. When you first turn on your Mac, the screen is black and you hear a startup sound if your Mac is from early 2016 and earlier. Other people with the same GPU get the same error and their systems are fine.ĭone NV Ram reset, SMC reset, Logic board battery replacment. I restored the upgraded RAM, GPU, SSD etc, and the behaviour didn't change, however AHD did pick up on a PCIe temp sensor error - on researching this it seems this is a false lead and simply due to my third party GPU sending back unexpected readings. It froze a couple of times on the initial hardware probe but passed with no errors twice, but the start up issue still persists. I made an apple hardware diagnostics USB stick for this model. I've stripped the mac down removing all third party bits, replaced updated graphics card with the original, tried the stock ram (completely different set), disconnected all hard drives and PCIe cards. Sometimes there will be a long wait - followed by the case fan ramping up to full RPM (alarming) then the start up chime and a normal boot. When it's running - everything seems fine, but my Mac Pro takes an age to do the self test, sometimes it doesn't start at all after 10 - 15 minutes. 5/10/2023 0 Comments Party animals halloween costumesOr, better yet, stay home and watch a fantastic New York horror movie like “Rosemary’s Baby” - a film that, even though it concerns a traumatized young wife and a Satanic cult worshipping the spawn of the devil, offers a more civilized vision of the city than anything you’ll witness on this cursed weekend. Wear good shoes at your peril. And take an Uber if you wanna go broke. It’s 8 p.m.”Ĭhild’s play! On Saturday and Sunday, you’ll be stepping over drunken 20-somethings at the crack of dawn like it’s the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse. The other night on East 10th Street, I walked by an NYU student (I have no proof of this, but come on) passed out face first on the sidewalk, surrounded by a group of friends. When it doesn’t smell like pot, it smells like PBR. While Midtown is slowly getting back to its old self before tourists reemerge en masse, downtown has turned into a 24-hour orgy of pent-up pandemic energy. Halloween 2021 will make SantaCon look like Good Friday. See the best and scariest Halloween decorations in the NYC area in 2021Īnd this year, I guarantee the fright fest will be the worst we’ve ever seen. To torture the young, schedule a mandatory Zoom meeting for 8 a.m. Note: All your employees who have been “working from home” spent every second of the week putting together their sexy “Squid Game” look that will probably get them canceled in 10 years when some loon decides it’s offensive. Like Lady Gaga on Oscars night, multiple expensive outfits are required for every sweaty bacchanal at Lavo and the Q. Taidgh Barron/NY PostĪnd, oh, the endless preparation. The annual Village Halloween Parade brings wild nighttime antics to the streets. Guys who make six figures at Goldman Sachs by day can’t remember their own names as they shout in your face like Jack Nicholson in “The Shining” at last call. You can’t get a glass of wine anywhere without paying a cover charge to watch a magician. Cheap matted fake cobwebs litter Marc Jacobs and Kiehl’s storefronts. Vomit on the sidewalk becomes puke-biquitous. Manhattan, meanwhile, is a high-price hellhole. I’m sure it’s absolutely fabulous in Bismarck, North Dakota.īeyond the city, and in the more residential areas of the outer boroughs, cute kids dressed as princesses and Wall-E scamper up to astonishingly well-decorated suburban homes, say “trick or treat!” and get a Snickers bar. How, you wonder, can I be such a fun-hating, miserable, nasty person after such a difficult year of cancellations and postponements?īut first be aware that All Hallows Eve in NYC is a uniquely grotesque experience I wouldn’t wish on anybody. Halloween - the worst holiday ever - is back. This weekend, New Yorkers should follow that sage advice and stay locked away inside their apartments as a bunch of obnoxious 25-year-olds take shots and get slaughtered. In the horror movie series “The Purge,” frightened Americans hunker down at home one night a year while their rowdy compatriots outside legally shoot and slaughter each other on the street. Whatever the theme, youll find exactly what youre looking for in our Halloween store. 'Beast' review: Idris Elba's creature movie makes you miss 'Anaconda' Plus, shop our large selection of costumes, pumpkins, skeletons and more. 'House of the Dragon' fans furious over grisly scene: 'I wanted to cry and vomit' Harry Styles is the millennial movie star Hollywood - and Olivia Wilde - desperately need Though Halloween tops the list, we also try to share our love with other holidays.'House of the Dragon' kicks ass over 'Rings of Power'Īlec Baldwin plans his return to acting - on Broadway - in first job since 'Rust' shooting The massive wave of party animals flowed in one direction only. Not content with dressing up once a year? Browse our selection to find your perfect costume for any convention or movie premiere including Star Wars, Star Trek, Comic-Con and Renaissance Fairs. HALLOWEEN: The streets of San Francisco were packed full of costume-clad exhibitionists. Don't want the latest pop culture hit? We have an unmatched selection of classics like pirates, zombies, vampires, ghosts, witches & werewolves.Īt we're proud to serve trick-or-treaters of all ages, haunted houses, costume contest winners and Halloween party people. We have thousands of costumes for adults, kids, teens, toddlers, infants and even pets. We carry the most popular licenses and characters including the Avengers, Star Wars, Nintendo, Disney, Ninja Turtles and much more! As a cornerstone of the Halloween industry since 1985, we also have perennial favorites such as the Addams Family, Beetlejuice, Wizard of Oz and Ghostbusters. At, we are passionate about Halloween and the undeniable fun of dressing up! We've all been told that you should love your job. The largest selection of costumes and accessories since 1985! 5/10/2023 0 Comments New home aloneWait until your pup has no problem running around your house. If your pooch is still afraid of certain rooms, they’re not going to handle solitude very well. Bring them in every room and let them explore freely. Take that time to show them around the house. You need to commit a few days to bond with your puppy. They’re in a completely new environment and have hardly had any time to get comfortable with their surroundings. The worst thing you can do is to leave your puppy alone within the first few days of bringing them home. It’s important that you don’t take the next step too soon. Wait Until He or She is Readyīefore you even consider leaving your puppy alone, you need to make sure that they’re ready. 22 Tips when You’re Leaving your Puppy Home Alone #1. Here are some tips that can help prevent issues when you leave your pup alone. Luckily, there are some things you can do to make the experience less stressful for both you and your puppy. Those first few hours by themselves is going to be a learning experience for both of you. Your puppy has to learn to be independent. If your furry friend isn’t completely housebroken yet, you may also have to worry about accidents and messes.ĭespite all the unknowns, it’s important that you take that first step. Unfortunately, this can lead to a lot of behavioral problems that you’re not there to deal with. They quickly start to develop feelings of anxiety and stress. When that pack is suddenly gone, most young dogs don’t even know what to do with themselves. They thrive when they’re a part of a pack. Most of their life has been spent with other dogs and humans.Ĭanines are social creatures. They don’t know how to behave by themselves just yet. It can be very daunting to leave a young puppy alone for the first time.įrom a human standpoint, there’s a lot of unknowns to worry about.Ī puppy is like a child in the sense that they don’t really know what’s right or what’s wrong. There’s going to a time when you must leave your new pup behind. While most puppy owners would love nothing more than to spend every moment with their new canine companion, it’s not always possible. 5/10/2023 0 Comments One thing at a timeLet’s say you were to take my advice, click away from my newsletter, and tackle your most important daily task until it’s done. By lunchtime, you’ve accomplished almost nothing, even though you’ve spent four full hours of energy.īut that’s not all you lose with every interruption. But if you indulge 100% of them? That’s almost half your work day down the tubes. Let’s say you had a relatively low-distraction day. You’ve heard this statistic before, but it’s worth repeating: Every distraction-every one!-costs 23 minutes until you recover. It also ignores the compounding achievement power that comes with intense focus. The problem with this approach is that it ignores that we’re biological beings. We assume that if we’re going to perform well, we have to become expert time managers, hustling all the live-long day. GrantĪll of us are stuck with a fixed 23 hours and 56 minutes per day. Strike him as hard as you can, as often as you can, and keep moving on. Stop the “five minutes of guitar lessons per day” insanity, discover what’s really important to you. Which one is better? In this article, I contend that you should do One Thing At A Time as much as possible. You run on the treadmill for 10 minutes rather than walking and reading for 30. Spend all day long answering emails, learning new languages, practicing musical instruments, exercising, meeting new people, learning BJJ, studying how cars work, building a house, giving up smoking, learning to cook, eating healthier, building a rocket to Mars, planning interstellar domination, etc., etc. Width: Casting a wide net with your time. Generally speaking, there are two ways to attack your daily schedule. They’re teaching you how to do five minutes of guitar lessons per day, wasting your energy on the unessential. The ultimate irony of most “productivity” tips is that they’ll have you spending too much time doing too little. If anything, they teach you productivity avoidance. Most productivity tips aren’t about productivity at all. Bilbo Baggins, “The Lord of the Rings” by J.R.R. I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread. |