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Endowed by our creator12/31/2023 ![]() Taking an obvious cue from Hamilton, which was at first harshly criticized for its casting, 1776’s has gone further with “multiple representations of race, ethnicity, and gender” who “identify as female, transgender and nonbinary.” It’s a fantastic choice that brings the American Revolution to a wider audience and creates fresh dialogue. This 2022’s show’s PR team has put casting front and center so have Playbill’s headlines. While the original cast was entirely thirty-something plus white males, later iterations of the show have used “ color-blind” casting with Black actors and actresses. This is the fourth revival of 1776, with the last seen in 2016 while Hamilton-mania was just beginning to run wild. Although, there are glimpses of economic and personal motivations more consistent with Charles Beard’s An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States (1913), in sound, look, and feel, the 1776 of fifty years ago is pure Americana. But it fit fairly consistently with how historians wrote about the Revolution during the Cold War era-as in Bernard Bailyn’s 1967 Pultizer Prize-winning the Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. Reviewer Eric Atkins of the Tampa Bay Times called it “a Yankee Doodle Dandy show that takes historical figures, kids them a little bit, and in the process makes those men we’ve been reading about since first grade come alive as humans instead of symbols.” The original played with near-mythic figures with some deep cracks that are frequently poked and prodded for comedic and dramatic effects. It won a Tony in 1969 and critics loved it. On the surface, 1776 represents a fairly traditional, even celebratory view of the Founders. As Japproaches, 1776 revival once again faces a nation grappling with the definition of patriotism and its own past, present, and future. While there has been a portion of the population that’s clung to the Declaration with a “ reverential, quasi-religious treatment” for decades, others who have maneuvered to have it contextualized with a “ trigger warning” in the National Archives are something new. Although many American may never see the show on Broadway, they will still be the voices that evaluate the Founders’ legacies and determine their place in today’s society. So “does anybody care” about 1776 in 2022? Americans need to care. Originally released in 1969, the musical tells the story of the Second Continental Congress meeting to discuss the possibility of declaring independence from Great Britain in the late spring and early summer of 1776. ![]() 1776 excels by grappling with such tension even amidst turmoil within the cast that similarly asks the question: whose Revolution is it? Page and Diane Paulus and the Roundabout Theater Company. And therein lies the inherent contradiction of the Declaration, Jefferson, and the latest revival of 1776 by directors Jeffrey L. ![]() “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” wrote Thomas Jefferson in the summer of 1776. ![]()
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Vs code keyboard shortcuts mac12/31/2023 ![]() ![]() If you want to change or remove a keybinding, select the options from the same context menu. Then, you can type in the key combination you want to assign. So, to add a new keybinding: you search for the command you are interested in, right-click on the list item in the filtered list, and select “Add Keybinding…” option from the menu. □□ I was looking at the UI thinking “how do I add a new keybinding”! I expected an add button somewhere, and there is not one! The missing mental link here is that this list shows all commands already, so you are adding a keybinding to one of these commands. I don’t know why exactly, but I was confused by this initially. You can modify, remove, and reset the keybindings for commands by right-clicking on a keybinding and using the available actions from the context menu. It lists all available commands with and without keybindings. To view and edit keybindings, you can open the Keyboard Shortcuts editor through the command “Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts”. For example, I like to use Ctrl + Tab for switching between tabs in a group, in the section Keybindings for Panels you can see that I added a keybinding for switching between panels to match up with switching between Editors. I had some wrist pain and it has certainly contributed to the alleviation of that over time.Īlso, a really nice thing to do is to use a keybinding consistently within VS Code for similar tasks. As you are changing your habits, it is probably best to do this slowly rather than as a big bang initiative! Think crash dieting here! For this reason, I think its best to think of shortcuts as an input into creating healthier habits. I add shortcuts to my repertoire over time when I see an opportunity, or encounter some friciton when doing something. and occasionally to modify keybindings to use combinations that are shorter and more memorable for me.to modify existing keybindings to fall into line with other programs I use,.to use keyboard shortcuts for my most commonly performed tasks,.How do I use shortcuts?Īny task you do regularly with the mouse, or through the execution of a command in the Command Palette, is a good candidate for for a keyboard shortcut. However, it may spark some ideas of how to adapt your own configuration. So, you probably do not want to copy it all verbatim. I think keybindings are something that are particular to individuals. You can copy it exactly if you wish, but keep in mind that some of the keybindings apply to extensions that I have installed. Here is my current keybindings.json, which I reference throughout. Then, I will dive into some keybindings that I use everyday. This is not intended to be a guide on keybindings in VS Code, there is a good guide for that already, however I will cover a few key points (pardon the pun) on adding and modifying keybindings that will ensure we are on the page. Well, most extensions do not have default keybindings! Since some of your most commonly used functionality probably lives in some extension or another, you would need to add your own keybindings to reap the rewards there! And there may be builtin commands that you want a shortcut for, but it has none or maybe there is one that is not to your liking! You will need to get your hands dirty at some stage! You just need to learn some of these and put them to use (see keybindings references for Linux (US), Windows (US), macOS (US)). Visual Studio Code (VS Code) comes with default keybindings for many of its built-in commands. Keyboard Shortcuts (keybindings) can help you achieve tasks faster, and with less effort. ![]()
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Florida waterdo12/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Saur told reporters at a press conference Monday afternoon that the inmates have been transported and "are safe." "As an added precaution we have the ability to move another 200 inmates to another facility (undisclosed at this time) if needed." "Deputies are working on getting an additional 34 inmates awaiting prison sentences (currently on hold for COVID protocols) transferred to the Florida Department of Corrections," the office told CBS News. The inmates will be housed separately from Polk County inmates, according to the sheriff's office. On Monday, however, the sheriff's office told CBS News that it had moved just 267 inmates "based on risk factors involving inmate classification." The inmates, the office said, were transported to a correctional facility in Polk County, and all inmates tested negative for COVID-19 prior to leaving. According to a map of the current evacuation zone around Piney Point reservoir in Florida, pictured on right, the Manatee County Jail, location shown on left via Google Maps, is well within the zone. On Sunday, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office told CBS News it would move 345 of the more than 1,000 inmates to an undisclosed but "secure" location as part of its effort to "free up bed space" for the remaining 721 inmates on the upper level of the jail. Manatee County Public Safety Department said that 316 households are within the full evacuation area.ĭespite the mandatory evacuations for local residents, officials have not fully evacuated Manatee County Jail, which lies within the evacuation zone. Mandatory evacuations were extended an additional half mile west and one mile southwest of the site on Saturday evening. Surrounding stretches of highway were also closed to traffic, but reopened on Tuesday. Saturday, evacuation orders were extended to people within one mile north of the reservoir's stacks of phosphogypsum - a fertilizer waste product - and those within half a mile to the south of the site. Manatee County Public Safety Department initially sent out emergency evacuation notices on Friday for those who were within half a mile of Piney Point, and by 11 a.m. John Truitt, deputy secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, told commissioners Tuesday morning that there is no change in the stability of the gypsum stacks and that seepage rates aren't changing, which is "good news." To sign up for these updates via email, please visit: /1Bbr4xdbIJ- Florida DEP News April 5, 2021 #PineyPointUpdate Our daily update for Apcan be found below. Manatee County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge said on Tuesday that the water they are "putting into Tampa Bay is the least of the evils," and that what they are dealing with is "high levels of nutrients." Water sample results are now available online, although the nutrient composition does not yet appear to be available. Water sampled from the breached pond on Monday indicates that the water is not radioactive, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection said on Monday, and the department is collaborating with surrounding counties and the Tampa Bay Estuary Program to sample water from 11 locations and obtain water quality information. There are two drone teams deployed monitoring the situation. There are currently about 300 million gallons of water remaining in the reservoir, and officials are pumping out about 23,500 gallons per minute, Hopes told commissioners on Tuesday. Officials are pumping the breached water into a 35 million gallon pond that has a liner in it and has not been used at the Piney Point site. Water from the existing breach was previously emptying into Piney Point Creek, but Hopes said on Tuesday that this was no longer the case, and that the water is instead being diverted. "A portion of the containment wall at the leak site shifted laterally," said Manatee Director of Public Safety Jake Saur, "signifying that structural collapse could occur at any time." The Manatee County Public Safety Department told people near the plant to evacuate due to an "imminent uncontrolled release of wastewater." Residents fear what lies ahead as wastewater continues to leakĬounty officials said the pond, located at the former Piney Point phosphate processing plant, had a "significant leak," according to CBS affiliate WTSP-TV.Floridians evacuated from Piney Point area can now return home - but the reservoir is still leaking. ![]() Hundreds of residents in Manatee County, Florida, were ordered to evacuate their homes over Easter weekend as officials feared that a wastewater pond could collapse "at any time." On Saturday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for the area, and the local state of emergency was extended by county commissioners on Tuesday. Toxic wastewater reservoir in Florida on brink of collapse 02:13 ![]()
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Tasco telescope parts diagram12/31/2023 ![]() The function of a finderscope is to find approximately the location of the object or place where we must be viewed. It is pointed in the same direction as a telescope. It is nothing but a small telescope attached to the main telescope of the body. Finderscopeįinderscope is not an essential but an important part of a telescope. It improves its focal length by just adjusting the knob. Generally, the diameter of the telescope is about 8 inches. Telescopic TubeĪ telescopic tube is the body of any telescope which contains a primary mirror. Magnification Power = Focal Length of Objective lens / Focal Length of Eyepiece lens. In final words, the smaller the focal length higher the magnification power. Generally, the magnification of the telescope can be calculated by the ratio of the focal length of the objective lens to the focal length of the eyepiece lens. The eyepiece comes with different focal lengths. The function of the eyepiece is to magnify the image that we must view. The eyepiece is the part of a telescope by which we can see our specific object. For some handheld telescopes, a tripod is used as structural support. This telescope is highly efficient and very easy to handle. So that it mounts on the robust structures & can move on the horizontal and vertical axis. Structural Support / TripodĪs we know, high-power telescopes are huge and difficult to handle with our hands. The primary curved mirror forms an objective, while the secondary curved mirror is placed at the focus of the first mirror inside the telescope body. These two mirrors are called primary and secondary mirrors. Depending upon design consideration, the shape of the mirror can be plane, parabolic, or hyperbolic. ![]() ![]() The objective lens is at the front side to focus on the image, and the eyepiece lens is at the backside of the telescope for magnification. The objective lens is convex, while the eyepiece lens is concave in shape. The bigger lens is an objective lens, while the smaller lens is an eyepiece lens. In most refracting telescopes, there are two lenses in which is the objective lens, and the other is the eyepiece lens. The lens is one of the necessary parts of a telescope. ![]()
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I before e poem by jef raskin12/31/2023 ![]() ![]() When you have to choose among methods, your locus of attention is drawn from the task and temporarily becomes the decision itself.The content of a file is its own best name. An unlimited-length file name is a file.An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.A computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary.A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.The system should treat all user input as sacred.As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done.Once the product's task is known, design the interface first then implement to the interface design.The Humane Interface (2001) Full title: The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems ![]() Interview in The Guardian (21 October 2004).In looking back at this turn-of-the-century period, the rise of a worldwide network will be seen as the most significant part of the computer revolution. My subsequent work - on eliciting principles and developing the theory of interface design, so that many people will be able to do what I did - is probably also footnote-worthy. I am only a footnote, but proud of the footnote I have become.On the potential to improve human-computer interaction, in interview with Berkeley Groks (3 March 2004).Right now, computers, which are supposed to be our servant, are oppressing us.As we cannot change the way our minds work, we must change the interface design. These flaws have to do with incompatibilities between the designs of both GUIs and command-line interfaces and the way our brains are wired. ![]() Unfortunately, we have learned that the GUI concept has fundamental flaws that cannot be corrected by small changes.
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Deadly prey 1987 download12/31/2023 ![]() The film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes lists only one review, on the North Carolina alternative newspaper Mountain Xpress. The film was officially released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2015. In the Philippines, the film was released by Solar Films as Born to Kill on February 4, 1988. Both movies were shot back to back in and around Riverside, California.ĭeadly Prey was first screened at the American Film Market in November 1987. Their first projects were Mankillers and Deadly Prey. Prior's previous film Aerobicide, Prior formed Action International Pictures with executive producers David Winters and Bruce Lewin, and producer Peter Yuval. After storming the mercenaries' training camp, Danton destroys all traces of Hogan's mercenaries.Īfter The Winters Group helped finance David A. Hogan uses Danton's family against him, angering Danton. ![]() With Cooper alongside him, Danton continues to fight off the mercenaries to get back to his wife Jaimey. Recognizing each other, Cooper defects from the mercenaries and allies with Danton. Part of the task force is Jack Cooper, a former comrade of Danton who saved his life in combat. The troops report this to Colonel Hogan, who sends a task force with his best man, Lieutenant Thornton. Taken to the forest, he is stripped to his shorts, greased up and told to run.Ī team of mercenaries hunt Danton however, Danton, a Vietnam War veteran, picks off the troops one-by-one. One of the people they kidnap, Mike Danton, is ambushed while taking out the trash. For training, Hogan orders his troops to kidnap innocent people, take them to the forest and hunt them. A deal is struck, and Hogan recruits new troops. His current client is businessman Don Michaelson. The film, a very loose adaptation of the short story " The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, stars Ted Prior, David's brother, as a former soldier who is kidnapped for participation in a human safari.Ĭolonel Hogan leads a group of mercenaries. ![]() Deadly Prey (released in the Philippines as Born to Kill) is a 1987 action film written and directed by David A. ![]()
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Harry potter teleport12/31/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The Floo Network has some restrictions at Hogwarts as well in that students aren't able to use it to leave or enter the school, but they should be able to use it to get around to different places on school grounds. For the uninitiated, apparition basically lets witches and wizards teleport, but it's impossible to apparate while on Hogwarts grounds - unless one is Albus Dumbledore, that is. Some fans may think that apparition would make more sense for Hogwarts Legacy fast-travel, but there's a lore reason why it doesn't. Ignatia Wildsmith is the creator of Floo Powder. Just so everyone knows the level of detail the developers are including, here we can see a monument with the name Wildsmith above a green flame. Considering this, the theory that this Wildsmith monument is a fast-travel point checks out, and it wouldn't be surprising at all to learn that it is correct. This is basically fast-traveling in the Harry Potter universe, with Floo Powder and the Floo Network used by various characters throughout the series to quickly get from point A to point B. RELATED: Hogwarts Legacy Developer Shares Hilarious Bug That Didn't Make It Into the State of Play Trailerįor those who may not be up-to-date on their Harry Potter lore, Ignatia Wildsmith was the inventor of Floo Powder, which is a magical substance that wizards and witches throw into fire in order to travel across the Floo Network. TheEasyTarget theorizes that this monument, and others like it that may be dotted around Hogwarts, could very well serve as the game's fast-travel points. They pointed out a monument in the Hogwarts Legacy gameplay reveal built in honor of someone named Wildsmith with a green flame in front of it. Reddit user TheEasyTarget is one such eagle-eyed Hogwarts Legacy fan that has noticed interesting details in the gameplay reveal. It's unclear when exactly fans will get to see the game next, and so they've taken to picking apart the gameplay reveal for more clues about what Hogwarts Legacy has in store. The Hogwarts Legacy gameplay reveal gave fans a deep dive into the highly anticipated game, showing off all kinds of different features that they can look forward to come launch later this year. After the initial Hogwarts Legacy trailer drummed up significant excitement for the open world action-RPG, fans had to wait years before getting their first look at actual gameplay. ![]()
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Amelie poulain12/31/2023 ![]() ![]() To a degree, Jeunet’s Paris doesn’t need Amélie to syncopate to a pleasing rhythm, as he delights in the random, unrelated events around the fertilization that led to her birth nine months later. ![]() Amélie may have a more delicate touch and a timidness that relegates her to the sidelines of her own life, but the film celebrates a quirkiness that’s millimeters away from derangement, as she makes elaborate interventions on people’s lives and teases the man she desires with Rube Goldberg contraptions that don’t pay off until she’s ready. Among the details in the restraining order against this man is that he’d stalked a woman for two months, spied on her and tapped her phone, and “tricked her into boarding Caribbean-bound jets”. There’s quite literally not a hair out of place in Amélie – Audrey Tautou’s immaculate bob is the greatest achievement in French hairdressing since Anna Karina’s bangs in Vivre Sa Vie – but the cold order of the film should not be mistaken for swooning romanticism.Īmélie also recalls a classic Onion headline that predates it by two years: Romantic-Comedy Behavior Gets Real-Life Man Arrested. ![]() The medium was entering an era of extreme plasticity, where the world could be bended and refined down to the pixel, and engineered to achieve moments of pristine, storyboarded flawlessness. Yet 20 years later, Amélie does feel like an important shift in film-making style, a natural bookend to Moulin Rouge earlier in the year. That “strange feeling of absolute harmony” is the metronomic ticking that Jeunet manufactures here – satisfying perhaps, but in no way romantic. There’s a mechanical quality to the film that’s completely at odds with the spontaneity and surprise of authentic passion. It’s really a film about perfection, a fantasy about how a messy world can, through force of will and timing and deftness of touch, be harmonized down to the second. And Amélie is not really a film about altruism, either, given how much time she spends tormenting the nasty greengrocer (Urbain Cancelier) who abuses his sweet, simple-minded assistant (Jamel Debbouze). A surge of love, an urge to help mankind overcomes her.”Īmélie is not really a film about love, as much as its heroine does to manufacture it for others - and finally, winsomely, for herself. A soft light, a scent in the air, the quiet murmur of the city. As she glides blissfully through the frame, the narrator says, “Amélie has a strange feeling of absolute harmony. ![]()
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Game shifty eyed spies12/31/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() You need to be on the look out for what the other spies are doing at all times. You may end up picking up your own card as the a the target, and that’s a shame but can’t be helped! You must wait for your turn again to draw a new card. Once you’ve got your location, wait for your turn then announce who and where, confirm you’re correct and collect your next target! It is worth remembering that during the extremely tense atmosphere of espionage it can be quite difficult to get your targets attention, after all, they’re also trying to contact another spy! Should you get tired of waiting you can refresh your target card on your turn. This can be done through a nod or something of the likes, but it must still be done silently without attracting attention. Once you’ve managed to grab your targets attention, they need to indicate which of the four locations on the table you’ll be meeting at. Luckily, a ‘meaningful blink’ will work just as well but a wink is the best course of action. This in itself poses a problem for some people… Did you know some people can’t wink!? Neither did we till we played this. You’ve got to be sneaky, stealthy, sharp… You need to wink at them. You must get your targets attention without alerting anyone else of what you’re doing. I’d recommend everyone sit so they can see everyone’s face as well! Then, in turn, each player is handed the briefcase (active player token) and they collect two cards a target to meet and a location to be met at. 5 correct meet ups wins but you must win alongside someone else! To set the game up you place the four locations around the table at a good spacing apart in view of everyone and hand out three binocular tokens to each player. At the same time, another spy may be trying to get your attention and you’ll need to indicate your location for them to announce. If you’re correct, swap cards with them and put the received card around your player board. On your turn you need to announce who you’ll meet and where. The game is tremendously simple! You are given a target to meet, they have a location. Instead, it’s so much better! It’s awkward, hilarious, and is a bucket load of fun! It is absolutely none of the above, you’ve been deceived. Especially if you’re playing Shifty Eyed Spies by Big G Creative. Does that sound accurate? Well, sadly it’s a lie. A bit of espionage here and there, maybe a stolen dossier or two? Martinis with beautiful people and a villain who monologues his plan right before you save the world. This review is also incredibly available on Zatu here!Įveryone assumes being a spy is glamour, glitz, guns and great times. ![]()
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Utorrent seeding red background12/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Best Torrent Sites for eBooks - The Pirate Bay, Nyaa, 1337x.Best Torrent Sites for Games - 1337x, RARBG, LimeTorrents.Best Torrent Sites for Comics - The Pirate Bay, 1337X, iDope.Best Torrent Sites for Anime - The Pirate Bay, Nyaa, 1337X.Best Torrent Sites for TV Shows - 1337X, EZTV, Nyaa, Zooqle.Best Torrent Sites for Movies - YTS, 1337X, RARBG, The Pirate Bay, Zooqle, iDope.However, if you're after a certain type of media, first check out the following categories. Just below, you'll find our list of the 14 best torrent sites available today. On top of that, you get 3 EXTRA MONTHS! That means that now’s the best time to act and protect your torrenting activities. Right now, subscribing to ExpressVPN lets you save 49% OFF its regular price. This especially goes for fans of torrenting, who’ll find that ExpressVPN meets practically ALL their needs. Based on our years-long experience of reviewing VPNs, the best VPN right now is ExpressVPN. A VPN is the best and the most effective way to protect your torrenting.įinally, don’t make a mistake thinking that all VPNs are the same. A VPN is an all-in-one solution! There’s no need to spend hours trying to configure torrent clients or trying to build a solution to protect your torrenting.Since VPNs hide your Web traffic, you’ll get to make your Web connection faster and more reliable. It’s no secret that ISPs apply selective throttling based on what kind of online activity they detect. A VPN will unleash the full power of your Web connection.Using a VPN, you can connect to a server in a different country and unblock what was previously inaccessible. ![]() This is especially important in countries where torrent sites are taken down regularly. A VPN will unblock any website, including torrent repositories.This means that you won’t have to worry about receiving a cease-and-desist letter or any similar legal consequences of downloading torrents. A VPN will prevent your Internet provider from tracking your online activity.That’s why, due to the following reasons, we strongly recommend you connect to a VPN in order to be safe while torrenting. Getting caught torrenting can also force your ISP to cut off your connection to the Web. You’ll often find torrent websites to be blocked in your country, and receiving a cease-and-desist letter from your ISP is always a threat. The world of torrenting is full of obstacles. Worried About Getting Caught Torrenting? You Need a VPN – And Here’s Why! While these lawsuits are often class-action cases, some have been targeted at individual users in an attempt to make an example of them. Uploading these copyrighted files can put you at risk of a civil lawsuit. Even though P2P file-sharing technology is legal, many of the files exchanged via P2P are indeed copyrighted. TechNadu does not condone illegal file-sharing or copyright infringement. That's why we recommend reading this entire article carefully, as you'll find plenty of useful information below. TechNadu's team is strongly against digital piracy, but we understand that even downloading legal torrents can get you into trouble. With this said, you need to know where to search for torrent files, and you need to know how to download those files safely. There are also copyright trolls targeting pirates, and you'll have to keep in mind that some countries are after pirates in a rather aggressive manner. Many of those distribute malware, endangering your system and your private data. After all, you've probably heard that torrent sites aren't exactly the safest places to visit on the Internet. So, after plenty of research, we're ready to give you some on-point recommendations.īefore we get started with our list of the best torrent websites, we'll take a few moments to give you some important background information. We understand that you're looking for the best torrent sites, and that's what we've done our best to discover. The truth is that there are so many different sources of P2P files on the Internet, and not many of those are safe to use. ![]() |