7/26/2023 0 Comments Let freedom ring blue note![]() But the most striking message of the song is the fact that all humans are not free. Many had been captives of the numerous wars that happened in the world. “Let Freedom Ring” was basically inspired by the many political and historical events that hindered thousands of individuals to live their lives freely elsewhere. Photo credit: Friends of Gaither Music/Official Facebook Page The couple has penned countless gospel songs that many of us have come to love singing or listening. It was written by William James Gaither and wife Gloria Gaither. The song “Let Freedom Ring” is one of those numerous songs declaring freedom to reign. Others rejoice in the Lord for being the reason why we’re living a free life. These songs express the heart’s gratitude for enjoying such kind of freedom. There have been many songs about freedom that talented songwriters, lyricists, and hymnodists have ever written. Therefore, the only way we can be totally free is by having Him in our lives. However, the holy scripture says Christ is our freedom. Because our body is weak, we are often trapped by sin’s chains. Still, many of us remain captives of this sinful world. By shedding His precious blood and giving His life to the cross, we’ve been saved from the wages of sins which is death. Thanks to our loving God for sending us His only son Jesus Christ. We are all born to a sinful world and it’s inevitable for us to commit one as we grow up. Bound by the Chains of SinsĮvery human is a prisoner of sin. Most of us are bound to certain limitations. But there are also other people who are out of the prison but they’re not totally free. They cannot freely travel to places, and their actions are limited by the laws that govern their detention cells. They don’t have the freedom to be with their families all the time. Generally, people who are in prison are obviously not free in many aspects. ![]() What does freedom mean to you? Do you think you are free? If so, to what extent? We differ in our perceptions about freedom depending on what aspect we’re looking at.
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7/26/2023 0 Comments Canyon endurance bike![]() Specialized’s Roubaix was one of the first widely-available endurance bikes. Read our review of the Triban RC 120 | Find out more from Decathlon Specialized S-Works Roubaix - £11,200 Read our review of the Triban RC 500 | Find out more from Decathlon Read our review of the Triban RC 520 DiscĪlso consider: The RC 520's stablemates, the £649.99 RC 500 and RC 120 (£499.99) are also superb value for money, and very, very good bikes in their own right. It fully justifies its do-it-all tag for everyone except budding racers. With a super-tall head tube and compact top tube, the bike sits you upright relative to your general entry-level race bike, or even a fair chunk of the endurance-specific market too. With the Triban 520, it's all about a functional position aimed right at tourers and regular commuters at one end of the spectrum, and endurance roadies at the other. The geometry thing is a really important point here. It takes poor road surfaces in its stride, with a good amount of all-round compliance keeping things comfortable, and as long as you stay in the saddle it climbs moderately well too. Cornering in any situation is confidence-inspiring, and it rolls incredibly smoothly too. What surprises most about the Triban 520 is just how accessible the ride is how easy it is to pedal the bike at moderate speeds and feel like you're just cruising along. Read our review of the Fairlight Strael 3.0 Triban RC 520 Disc - £849.99 When you are seated, regardless of pace, the rear end really takes the bumps and vibrations out of the road the racer becomes a cruiser. The comfort levels are absolutely spot on and well balanced too. It certainly feels no slouch off the line or when climbing hard. Stamp on the pedals and the Strael responds, not quite as sharp as a carbon superbike but not far off. What really helps is that Dom Thomas, Fairlight's co-founder and head of design, really knows his onions when it comes to getting the most out of the material, working extensively with Reynolds to design a custom drawn tubeset, which takes that ride feel to the next level. One of the best things about the Strael is the ride quality, which comes from its use of steel tubing. The Fairlight Strael 3.0 takes everything brilliant from its predecessor but includes some updates that not only improve the ride quality but also give the Strael an even smoother, more refined look. The following list includes many bikes we've tested and liked, starting with some recent additions.
7/26/2023 0 Comments Doodle devil quests and puzzlesIf you get stuck, and you will get stuck on many, many occasions, there are two types of hints available in Doodle Devil. Mix them and you get sin and knowledge, soon to become a dozen or so basic elements ripe for the mixing. Things start off rather symbolically with just a human and an apple to combine. Touch an element, then touch another to try combining them. Simply tap one of the element groups to open it up, then tap a second group to open those elements on the facing side of the screen. ![]() The mechanics in Doodle Devil are identical to Doodle God, so if you know how to play the original, you've got a good start for this game. Doodle Devil, on the other hand, is about crafting the darker side of life, blending rudimentary concepts together to create chaos. The original Doodle God, available in both an iPhone version and a Flash browser game, focused on creating the universe by mixing basic elements one after the other. A not-so-benevolent deity also has a job to do, though, and once the world exists, his task is to cause a little mayhem. Then, some things were created by an all-benevolent superbeing-type god. ![]() besides, when you want to sell something, do it, don't fake "free" spicked with adware.In the beginning, there was nothing. i definitely will never even peek at this. i'd take extra 10% off but there's nothing left. I had been waiting so impatiently for a sequel, and i was really disappointed when doodle farm was never made available for browsers (right?). boring! -50% points! and i read in the comments it's more a cross between intempestive commercial ad-trap and somehow unnerving idle than anything else. Now just from the screencap i see above, the beautiful and typical interface is gone, instead it seems it looks like any of the millions of games already out there, pseudo 3d, energy bars, bling etc. also the quiet game tempo, where you could just play at your own rhythm and discover, was cool. I really loved doodle god 1+2 and doodle devil! not only the idea was great, but the "doodle" interface style, like hand drawn, was excellent, interesting and innovative. Thanks to CyberJar88 for sending this one in! Doodle God Blitz is still a gorgeous game with a great premise, and watching the world get filled in as you play is a lovely touch, so if you've been craving more of that doodlin', it's worth a look.ĭoodle God Free (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch)ĭoodle God Free (Android, Android Tablet) None of this is news to you if you've checked out the mobile versions, which this is identical to, but it's a little jarring to see it in your browser, and the ads can be frustratingly interruptive, so caveat emptor. Every successful match you make costs you one point of energy, which regenerates at a slow pace, or you can use the Mana you earn to purchase more immediately (as well as hints) if you don't want to spend real cash. while you can play it without paying a cent, especially if you complete the quests to gain more energy (in which case our Doodle God walkthrough may help!), it means a lot of waiting around. Unlike the original Doodle God, however, Doodle God Blitz uses several different currencies and timers. Fire and Earth make lava, for instance, but how do you suppose one goes about making Ice Cream? Warriors? Fireworks? See, whenever you make a new "element", it gets added to the pool to be combined with others, and there are tons to unlock and use. ![]() as the preeminent doodle deity, your job in this puzzle game is to create things by combining elements. Also free for iOS and Android, Doodle God Blitz is a browser port of JoyBits' newest free-to-play spin on the classic Doodle God game formula, and a flashier (and timer-y-er) version of their Doodle God 2 online game. 7/26/2023 0 Comments Texturepacker last frameSo, let’s do that now! Click on the ‘Scaling Variants’ cog and you’ll be presented with the following screen.Ĭhange the Preset option to be generic and then click on the ‘Add’ button to get a second box. Rather than having to produce two versions of your graphics files and use TexturePacker twice to export separate sprite sheets for retina and non-retina, you are able to tell TexturePacker to do all of this for you. This is where the ‘Scaling Variants’ feature comes in useful. MonoGame will automatically load the version when run on a retina device. If you are targeting iOS with MonoGame then this is no different. Those who have done iOS development before will know that you should create two versions of your graphics – a high resolution version for retina screens and a ‘normal resolution’ graphics file for non-retina screens – and by appending to the end of the retina file, iOS will take care of ensuring the appropriate graphics file is used at run-time. In a later section within this tutorial I will walk you through creating a MonoGame app, targeting iOS, using Xamarin Studio. ![]() ![]() I will explain the few that we will use in this tutorial, however an extensive set of documentation can be found here. Now, the final steps, before hitting the ‘publish’ button to create your sprite sheet data, is to alter a few settings depending on your requirements. Immediately you’ll see that TexturePacker has grouped all the images together, as below… (For the purposes of this tutorial I am using a set of images from my demonstration project on GitHub here). Then drag and drop the parent folder into TexturePacker. Next gather your individual images together into a logical folder structure. Select the MonoGame option and then ‘Create Project’ to move forward… You’ll be presented with a screen like below… This means that all the hard work of loading the sprite sheet and rendering the correct frame is taken care of for you – as described further below…įirst step – Download a copy of TexturePacker from here and load it up. Now the above maybe nothing new to a lot of people, however what you might not know, is that the latest version of TexturePacker has an option for exporting the sprite sheet and data file in a format targeted at MonoGame – along with access to source code for loading and handling the resultant data files within your MonoGame app. SpriteSheets – TheMovie – Part 1 by CodeAndWeb (See this fun video from the makers of TexturePacker that explains it better than I can) ![]() Using a single sprite sheet is much more efficient than loading lots of individual images in game development. The idea is that you draw the individual frames of animation for your game characters as separate image files – and then drag and drop them into TexturePacker – whereupon you end up with a single image file and accompanying data file ready to load into your game. I’ve mentioned TexturePacker in a previous blog post however, for those that haven’t used it before, it is a very easy to use application for creating Texture Atlases / Sprite Sheets. Also a link will be provided to the source code. Hello! It’s been far too long since my last blog post, however I’ve had nothing interesting to say – that is until now! Today I will talk about the latest version of TexturePacker, which has a new export option specifically for MonoGame – thus allowing you to easily create animations within your MonoGame apps.įor those who just want to see the results straight away, here is a video of the iOS simulator running a MonoGame animation produced with the help of TexturePacker…īelow I will walk you through how to produce the above application. 7/26/2023 0 Comments Will juan spain disgraced king get![]() goal kicks, eventually forcing referee Ivan Barton to pause the game in the 89th minute. Up in the stands, supporters loudly belted their anti-gay chant during U.S. Unable to do much else in response, Mexico would go on to finish the match with more reds than shots on target. reaffirms my decision and, well, it makes me happy," Pepi said after the match. substitute Ricardo Pepi, an up-and-coming dual-national forward who selected to represent the USMNT over El Tri in 2021. The icing on the bitter cake for Mexico in that third goal? It was scored by U.S. El Tri did end up improving slightly amid the disarray through second-half substitutions, but that didn't stop the USMNT from deservedly notching the night's final goal in the 78th minute. ![]() Red cards would follow, with two earned per team. Unnecessary aggression from both sides led to a flurry of fouls. Thereafter, the match became chaotic and scrappy. Sticking to what didn't work in the first half, Mexico stepped out into the second with the same setup, unsurprisingly allowing a goal just one minute after halftime by Pulisic again. Completely outplayed in the first 45 minutes, he was given a window to bring on another midfielder or to refresh his attack with the immediate incorporation of someone like Feyenoord star striker Santiago Gimenez.īut that's not what happened. Often a step or two behind the movement of the USMNT, starters such as Jesus Gallardo, Israel Reyes and Jorge Sanchez were disorganized as they clumsily tried to halt oncoming players.ĭown 1-0 by halftime after a goal from American captain Christian Pulisic, Cocca had a chance to alter his tactics at the break. Mexico's players didn't do themselves any favors either. to easily sprint into dangerous areas in transition. striker to defend, Cocca insisted on having an extra central defender, leaving plenty of space for the U.S. More worried about losing to the USMNT than about creating attacking pressure, the Argentine coach took risks by not taking any at all, regularly letting the opposition dictate the pace of the game.Īn unwillingness to ditch his three-man back line also foreshadowed his eventual failure. Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.)įor Cocca, who was facing his first major test since taking charge in February, there was a timidness in his tactical approach. In what was a golden opportunity to wrest back the spotlight, Mexico's efforts - including those involved with the national federation and Liga MX - have regressed even further. It was also a stark reminder that the once-dominant team of the region has continued to lose ground to their rivals. ![]() Simply put, Thursday was an embarrassing mess for Mexico's men's national team.įrom the ineffective tactics of manager Diego Cocca, to his overwhelmed players, to even up in the stands of Allegiant Stadium where fans took part in anti-gay chants in Las Vegas, the 3-0 Concacaf Nations League loss against the United States was one of the most significant low points for El Tri in their modern era. 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In order to guide organic chemists, we set structural and energetic criteria to evaluate a priori the efficiency of the metalation step which is usually the rate-determining event in C–H activations, i.e. More than 250 examples have been invoked for the model, and the nature of the ortho effect was demonstrated on a wide variety of structures. We consider simple descriptors such as torsion angle and torsional energy to predict and explain the reactivity of a given substrate in directed C–H activation reactions. In this work we introduce a simple substrate-only-based model to interpret the influence of steric hindrance of a group in ortho position to the DG in directed ortho-C–H bond activation reactions, and coined the term Ortho Effect (OE) for such situations. 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Free shipping on many items Browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Math is such a great language because lo and behold, it literally took 5 lines to explain the following english equivalent of the same situation:ĭPS is "damage per second", so "DPS per second" would be "damage per second per second". Draw Weight Crossbows when you shop the largest online selection at. ![]() Let me straighten this all out in layman's terms, so we don't all write books about this confusion. So, the weapon makes a damage of 554 - 831(that is the standard damage, you got to add all the strength and bonuses that you receive depending on your character's class and equipment) when it hits target and while you wait for the next hit it will do damage over that time that is 203.7Īnd I don't know why the guy that openned this discussion got purged, he is actually right, I believe it is just a miss undestanding in reading, it is only DPS (damage per second). Southland Archery Supply SAS Crusher 150lbs Tactical Crossbow Southern Crossbow Revolt 370 Arrow. Ok I believe it is not hard to get it, but I see a huge mistake here, second/second is not equal to second^-2, it is one, like 2/2 is not 2^-2 second^-2 would be 1/second^2. /rebates/2fip2fSAS-Original-Replacement-String-for-150lbs-Panther-Compound-Crossbow2f849509207&. SAS Panther Compound Crossbow: Bow Weight(Lb): 7. Support usefulness! Especially because we fail to be funny as well. I wrote all of this down so you know I understand quite a bit of math and physics, but it comes all down to this:Įssentially, we're adding super-useless comments to Wowhead just because someone probably was typing too fast in order to think about DPS per second, and in fact, his purged comment about scary fury warriors was more informing than ours. If anyone is just half into this and would write things down, he'd know it's Dps/s second/second second^-2. You are the only one who's assuming -"second per second" is "second times second" which is "second^2". Damage per second per second is possible but it has no use in any way, shape or form. Absolutely confusing.įirst of all, you're combining written text with speaking math only to leave some viewers in awe. This generic 150 pound crossbow limb will work on a number of entry level and. If you had seconds times seconds, that's sec^2 - but dps/s is sec^-2, and thus you're doing damage over a negatively squared period of time. These will fit on most Barnett recurve bows, fusion fury, and MK series. However, if you could do damage per second per second, it'd be sec^-2. Damage per second per second? In acceleration sciences, the concept of seconds squared is acceptable, but it's a crazy thing to imagine - we've squared measurements of distance, but I can't recall that a human being has ever squared a measurement of time and lived to tell about it. 7/25/2023 0 Comments Black box it![]() To make the data applicable for the algorithm of the selected model, the first step is to extract relevant information out of the data – a process we call “feature engineering”. A specific algorithm analyses the existing data and provides a function (also called a classifier) that can be used in order to make an informed decision on previously unknown transactions. This means that labelled data is used for training a model. So how does this magical “black box” really work? At Risk Ident, we use mainly “supervised machine learning” for our fraud prevention software stack. Well-integrated machine learning provides the most accurate predictions, works in real-time and – most importantly – can easily adapt to new fraud patterns.Ī concern about machine learning from some fraud managers and specialists is that they find it unintuitive and non-transparent, often calling it a “black box”, cloaking everything that happens inside. This is because it has some huge advantages compared to rule-based systems, which are very common in today’s fraud prevention industry. In fact, machine learning is a very important part of modern software across industries, and it also provides great assistance when it comes to fraud prevention. This may sound quite bold, but if you think about self-driving cars, speech recognition or advanced web search, does it really seem like an exaggerated claim? Roberto Valerio, Risk Ident: Machine learning is sometimes referred to as a revolutionary approach in technology 7/25/2023 0 Comments Actual free guitar tuner![]() Guitar tab notation is better for the beginner than standard notation, for it tells you what notes to play to make the chord and where you can find them on your guitar. A chord is played by strumming all the indicated strings at the same time. When the numbers are in line with each other vertically, they represent a chord. Guitar tab is read left to right, and all notes indicated are in chronological order. ![]() ![]() If you’re ready to learn about what guitar tabs are and what they can be used for, you’ve come to the right place. It can also be an easier way to learn, since knowing how to read guitar tabs doesn’t require any special knowledge other than locating the strings and the frets on your guitar. 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