![]() ![]() The dialogue choice system is probably Dreamfall Chapter’s stand out feature as it’s leaps and bounds above what’s in most other story-first games. There are a few puzzles which feel like they’re an homage to the ridiculous puzzles of yore (the pillow on a broom is one example of this) however for the most part you likely won’t find yourself stuck at one point for an inordinate amount of time. You’ll be able to pick up the vast majority of them without too much hassle especially if you’re a long time adventure game player. ![]() A lot of the mechanics you’ll encounter, like shining a light on things to reveal something that can’t be seen otherwise, are mostly things you’ll only encounter once in the game but are obviously being set up for use again later down the track. In terms of game play this first instalment (Dreamfall Chapters is now an episodic game) feels a lot like an extended tutorial coupled with a reintroduction to all the characters, worlds and stories that exist within them. It’s a formula that’s worked well for Telltale for the past and to their credit Red Thread Games have managed to take the essence of it and make it their own. Dreamfall Chapters retains its adventure game roots, giving you all manner of puzzles to solve in order to progress the story, however it now also includes choices, both major and minor, that will affect the outcome of story. You’ll be following the stories of 2 individuals, the first being Zoe Castillo, the main protagonist from the first Dreamfall game and Kian Alvane, another one of the main characters from the previous title. It’s definitely best played with an expansive view (both figuratively and literally) as the bigger picture is so much more than the sum of its constituent parts.ĭreamfall Chapters takes inspiration from the Telltale style of story based games, stripping away all but the essential mechanics and instead placing a heavy focus on the story and player agency. ![]() However that being said it’s far from an ugly game, with lovely expansive environments that are just brimming with details. ![]() Primarily this is a function of its use of Unity and cross-platform ambitions which limit the amount of eye candy you can use. It is time for Zoe to make a return to the real world and to return to her journey.ĭreamfall Chapters looks decidedly previous gen in terms of graphics as it lacks much of the graphical fidelity of its current gen brethren. This is not what was intended for her however as the darkness that threatens to engulf both worlds still spreads even in her absence. She has found purpose in this world however, saving those who’ve become trapped in their dreams by the Dream Machines by guiding them back to the light and warning them of their danger. Her body lies motionless in the real world, hooked up to a machine that ensures she stays alive but makes no attempt to bring her back. After a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign Red Thread Games is finally continuing the story of Zoe Castillo and her journey to save two worlds from the impending darkness.īetrayed by a mother she only just found out was still alive Zoe has been trapped in the story time, a place which exists between the twin worlds of Stark and Arcadia. Considering that game is some 40 hours long (or more, depending on how long you got stuck on the rubber duck puzzle) it would be no small investment but suffice to say I’m glad I did. However I was told with no uncertainty that if I was going to play Dreamfall I had to play its predecessor, The Longest Journey, before I could dive into it. This was just when my love of cinematic styled games was starting to bloom with titles like Fahrenheit only just having graced the shelves. I can remember 8 years ago when Dreamfall first came out and my collective group of friends all talking about playing it. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The archetypal elements remain similar to the existing collection we took the top of the Bellhop and turned it upside-down, we introduced a combination of new materials - concrete, aluminium, glass - and have also used bright lacquered colours. While table lamps are often discreet and offer direct lighting, the new Bellhop Floor has a more sculptural character. “Following the Bellhop portable and outdoor lamps, we decided to work on a floor standing version, one that fits the collection but gives a totally different quality of light. They flipped the top upside-down and made it of glass, which gives a lovely glow. We’ve always had the idea that we set our sights on the best manufacturer in each field.” Then, the designers gave Flos the idea to add an uplighter to the Bellhop collection. So we spent a great deal of time getting a series of projects to propose. ![]() Over time, this range was expanded to meet different needs but always in the distinctive style of the Barber & Osgerby studio, which is also famous for designing the Olympic Torch in 2012. “Back in the early 2000s, we had four or five ideas for lights, and we knew at the time there was only one manufacturer that we wanted to talk to, and that was Flos. Available in seven colours (in Matte Black only online), it serves as a contemporary battery-operated candle that you can carry wherever you want. ![]() So we thought, ‘how could we recreate that?’ That was the starting point, as abstract as it sounds.” The idea was to have a cordless lamp that could be charged during the day and then placed on restaurant tables at night to create a cosy and classy atmosphere. The reflected light that bounced from the porcelain was really beautiful. Mix and match multiple units in your choice of four colors. Combining modern convenience and aesthetic, this classic bell-shaped design takes its inspiration from the uniforms of hotel bellhops. We simply dimmed the lights and shone a torch into the underside of this bowl. The Bellhop Portable LED Lamp (2018) provides warm, direct light for up to 24 hours between charges. “When we were talking to Flos about that project, we happened to have a really beautiful Japanese bowl in the studio. In fact, Flos liked it so much that it decided to produce it. This LED portable table lamp didn’t go unnoticed. It was originally designed in 2016 for the restaurant in the London Design Museum. The Bellhop table lamp stands out for its essential yet refined shape that brings to mind that of a reception bell, hence the name. It stems from the idea of a lamp with a gentle, comfortable light, thanks to edge-lighting technology. Bellhop is a range of lamps by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby that has expanded over time. ![]() ![]()
![]() Although the period of the pyramid-builders was long over, Egypt lay on the threshold of its greatest age. “With the right policies and investments, the growing working-age population can become healthier, more educated, more skilled, and more productive-and can earn more if the economy generates more and better jobs.In 1560 BC, when Rome was still a marsh and the Acropolis was an empty rock, Egypt was already 1,000 years old. ![]() “Pakistan needs a healthy, skilled, and resilient population to ensure high economic growth that is both sustainable and inclusive,” said Lire Ersado, the lead author of the report and World Bank’s Human Development Practice Leader for Pakistan. The HCR puts forward several recommendations for Pakistan to boost its human capital, including the need for long-term planning that goes beyond the tenure of any government and political cycle making family planning a priority across all human development initiatives investing more smartly in people and developing avenues for them to deploy their human capital more productively making child malnutrition a national priority and introducing measures to reduce out-of-school children and improve learning outcomes. The report provides a wide-ranging assessment of the key challenges and opportunities for Pakistan to improve its human development outcomes, while underscoring the need for a long-term commitment and sustained human capital investments. “The Human Capital Review shows that Pakistan can realize substantial economic growth by bringing its population growth rate under control, investing significantly more in the supply and quality of health and education, and bringing women to the labor force.” “With over 20 million school-age children out of school, high levels of child malnutrition, and low empowerment of women, Pakistan’s human capital challenges are among the most serious in the world-it is a human capital crisis that is profound, silent and with far reaching negative effects on the potential of the country and its people,” said Najy Benhassine, the World Bank’s Country Director for Pakistan. Another facet of Pakistan’s human capital crisis is its low utilization due largely to low female labor force participation. ![]() Indeed, Pakistan’s human capital outcomes are more comparable to Sub-Saharan Africa’s, which has an average HCI of 0.40. The country’s HCI is lower than the South Asian average of 0.48, Bangladesh’s 0.46 and Nepal’s 0.49. Its Human Capital Index (HCI) of 0.41 means that a baby born in Pakistan today will only be 41% as productive as they could be if they enjoyed complete education and full health. Through an analysis of new and existing data, the report documents and quantifies Pakistan’s human capital crisis. “ Investing in human capital can also build resilience and adaptive capacity to withstand the effects of climate change, while developing the skills and ingenuity needed for a green and inclusive economy and to reduce inequality”. “S trong human capital is essential for sustainable economic growth, to prepare the workforce for the more highly skilled jobs of the future, and to compete effectively in the global economy,” said Mamta Murthi, the World Bank’s Vice President for Human Development. While the country has reached middle-income status and made significant progress in reducing poverty over the past two decades, low human capital outcomes limit Pakistan’s further progress, capping its growth and development prospects. ISLAMABAD, May 2, 2023-The World Bank’s report, Pakistan Human Capital Review (HCR), Building Capabilities Throughout Life, underlines the need for Pakistan to significantly increase investments in human capital to address the severe gaps it faces in education and health outcomes particularly. ![]() ![]() ![]() The idea is to "queue up" login items and launch them conscutively rather than all at once. The original idea came from Mac OS X Hints. This script is an attempt to speed up login times. I assumed it's just a nice script to share. I've added a script that is not meant to be used with LaunchBar, Alfred or any other launcher. Please note: Deactivate all Actions that you don't use in the Index in LaunchBar! Especially those in _Archive!.I can't remember from the top of my head what else I changed, but I tried to make this repository leaner and cleaner.I've tried to find scripts that don't work anymore (Tweetly Its dependency SuperTweet has ceased operation).Feel free to discuss with me whether the changes I made apply to "most" other folks as well and I'll change my opinion. Moved everything that I personally found unnecessary and added bloat to _Archive."Most" means that scripts coming from third parties, especially from other projects that are merely linked to this repo as submodules, retain their own notification dependencies, i.e. In previous versions of iOS, typing a search into Spotlight would. Most scripts now use Notification Center instead of Growl. If you ever used Launchbar, Alfred or Quicksilver on the Mac, the new iOS 11 Spotlight will feel familiar.I also decided, if I was going to switch. There are still some General Scripts in here which you can experiment with. I had to remap Command-Space (in Launchbars Preference Menu) to invoke Launchbar (I moved Alfred to Control-Space). ![]() I maintain some script in Keyboard Maestro and some in LaunchBar. LaunchBar can be invoked with a single keystroke of a modifier key, so right off the bat, Alfred takes twice the keystrokes to invoke than LaunchBar. I intended this repository to be one scripters generally can refer to but it doesn't work out for me.
![]() Well with PixieBrix, you can, or you can try out the ones in the PixieBrix Marketplace - opening up endless possibilities when it comes to enhancing your time online. PixieBrixĭo none of these extensions quite scratch the itch for you? Maybe you wish you could combine some of the best features of each one into a custom mod suited to your needs? Not only that, but you can use Text Blaze's GPT integration to write emails, send LinkedIn messages, correct typos and grammar, and much more. Using Text Blaze, you can translate languages using ChatGPT and insert the text with only a few presses on your keyboard. Text Blaze is a productivity tool that helps you insert GPT-generated text in any website or app (via Chrome or Windows). It lets you pick your favorite translators from a crowdsourced list, automatically filter out specific mods and users, and customize the size of your translated chats. LiveTL is a powerful browser extension built specifically for translating livestreams. ![]() LiveTLīig fan of livestreams? While apps like Google Translate are great for translating text, they don’t really do the job for other kinds of media. It’s a dead-simple extension that can probably cover most of your translation needs, and often the one all others will be measured up against. All you need to do is right-click the text you want to translate or click on the extension in your toolbar and you’re off to the races. Google Translateĭid you know that Google’s popular translation tool also has a Chrome translation extension? With the Google Translate Chrome extension, you can translate bits of text from anywhere on the internet or entire pages. So what are the best Chrome extensions for translation? Here are 11 of the best translation extensions for Chrome, whether you’re looking to translate text, audio, or even livestreams. Good thing there are so many to choose from. But what if English isn’t your first language? Or what if the best resource for your specific need is in a language you don’t speak at all? In that case, you’ll need to add a Google Chrome translation extension. Whether you’re trying to learn a new skill, research a specific topic, or just win a debate, there’s a ton of information out there. The internet is an endless fount of information. ![]() Wish you could translate text on any webpage in just a few clicks? Here are 11 of the best translation extensions for Google Chrome that'll let you do just that. ![]() ![]() The 3D maze offered by Windows 95 was the best and the weirdest screensaver of its day, but it wasn’t the only avant-garde option to choose from: there were endlessly proliferating neon pipes, a haunted house where the lights flickered on and off, a swarm of winged toasters that flew through the black night alongside bagels and toast. Thus, the screensaver was born, and for whatever reason, there was no shortage of whimsy when it came to creating them. If a computer was left on for too long, the phosphor would create what’s known as “burn-in” - a ghostly imprint on the glass that held the shape of whatever was being displayed at the time the burn occurred. Although we’re spoiled today with tidy, energy-efficient LCD displays, early computers showed us images by projecting phosphor onto the screen through cathode ray tubes. Screensavers, you might have noticed, are basically obsolete these days, and it’s because the problem that once necessitated them no longer exists. It always felt like something important was about to reveal itself to you around the next turn, but it never did. There was so much mystery in that weird little maze - its specificity made it feel like a fully-formed world, one with stakes and rules that you weren’t quite allowed or supposed to understand. I can remember being seven or eight years old and sitting very still near the computer, blessed with an attention span that hadn’t yet been ravaged by later iterations of the internet, careful not to disturb the mouse as the screen on our family desktop blinked off. To reiterate: This was a screensaver in 1999, and not an Academy Award-winning film directed by acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro. Collide with the floating grey polyhedrons and the maze will turn on itself so that the ceiling becomes the floor intercept the smiley face - is it cute or vaguely threatening? - and you’ll be sent back to the beginning. Your path is full of strange, seemingly unrelated objects: an abstract mural of a globe sitting beside an open window appears repeatedly along the walls and, deeper into the maze, a 2D rat patrols the halls, comically overlarge and with white around the edges, as if he was pasted in from another program as a careless afterthought. ![]() This notably isn’t a hedge maze, where you can peer over the rows in search of an exit - the brick walls stretch all the way up to meet a grey ceiling, giving the space a vaguely subterranean quality.Īs you begin to lurch along, the maze follows only right turns, winding you through a dizzying series of low-res corridors in an attempt to find an exit. Red brick walls rise up around you on either side, and the Windows Start menu icon flutters in front of you. ![]() Maybe that’s why, more than anything, I miss the 3D Maze screensaver from Windows 95.įor the uninitiated: At the beginning of the maze - the moment your computer shudders to sleep - you, “the player,” are standing on a dirt floor. The internet was still steeped in all of its weird, early glory, coated wall-to-wall in clunky pixel art, dead GeoCities pages and unwelcome porn popups, and its unregulated weirdness was mirrored in the operating systems of the day. In the 1990s, computers were like portals to a fever dream. ![]() ![]() ![]() Two foundries (Seiler in Germany, Powderhall in Scotland) still produce faithfully accurate editions of the statue. One was even salvaged from a World War II Junkers 88 at the bottom of Lake Attersee (Austria). Gladenbeck editions of the statue are displayed at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Aberdeen’s Medico-Chirurgical Society, the Boston Medical Library and the Medical Library of Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, and also in Calgary, Cottbus, Gloucester, Kerikeri, Munnekeburen, Oakville, Osaka, Oxford, Salem am Bodensee, Stevens Point, Vienna, and famously on Lenin’s desk in the Kremlin. The 30 cm full-size moulds disappeared with the closure of the Gladenbeck foundry, but Bildgießerei Seiler GmbH obtained the 13 cm Gladenbeck casting mould (Nr. Purchasing the rights to the statue, the foundry featured it as a bronze in their catalogue, and it became popular through its quirky originality. While debuting at the Große Berliner Kunstaustellung, the Affe mit Schädel became noticed by the Gladenbeck foundry (set up by Carl Gustav Hermann Gladenbeck in 1851). Hugo was sympathetic to Darwinian ideas but familiar with Goethe's Faust, where the same quote appears with a warning on the misuse of man's power of reason, the calipers being symbolic of the scientific method. ![]() ![]() The page on which the Book of Genensis quote eritis sicut deus (“You will be like God”) is written is torn with the second part Scientes bonum et malum ("knowing good from evil") lost. Hugo Rheinhold's original inscription " eritis sicut deus" (sometimes wrongly " eritus …."), either suggests Darwinian understanding may lead to Frankenstinian abuse of life's essence, or a more inclusive innocence that recognises a place for other advanced life‑forms on our intellectual podium, if only we can just accommodate those guests. ![]() That we should even consider this level of intelligence in another species is a bold examination of ourselves through eyes that bear witness to the disproportionate leverage historically awarded humankind. The ape is engaged in assessment and measurement (confirmed by the calipers). But, for Hugo Rheinhold's ape, it is something quite different. Furthermore, when a human is depicted holding a skull, it is usually a comment on mortality (see memento mori) and the inevitability of death famously, Hamlet bereaves Yorick in one instance, but is soon repulsed by this macabre souvenir as it brings him face-to-face with all life's grim destiny. With the ape's study, the library of books and the caliper instruments, the suggestion is the statue is warning against the application of rationalism in the absence of morality. The excised Biblical quote possibly suggests good and evil cannot be known, or told apart. It is perhaps surprising to discover that while Rodin had developed his statue as early as 1880, it was not cast into bronze and displayed until after the Affe mit Schädel had debuted. What inspired Rheinhold in making his sculpture is unknown, although it has obvious parallels with Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker. The book open at the feet and facing the viewer has a single inscription on the right hand page: " eritis sicut deus" from Genesis 3.5 when the serpent is enticing Eve to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden against the Lord's command, promising "And ye shall be as God "), however the second half of this quote is missing, ripped from the lower half of the page. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Apollo Cloud 2 Duo's Favorites button displays all files that you have marked as a favorite, and the Settings button takes you to a screen where you can manage the drive. Tap on any file or folder to change the permissions such as who can view the files and when the share link will expire. The Shares button shows you folders and files that are publicly shared or shared between members. You can add comments to any photo or video and mark it as a favorite. Tap the Photos button to view all uploaded photos, videos, and albums by date. The share is sent via a link that you can make active forever or have it expire after a certain period of time (one to 30 days).Īt the bottom of the screen are Files, Photos, Shares, Favorites, and Settings buttons. You can choose to share a file with anyone, or only with people with a password. When you tap on a folder you can access the files within and share, rename, export, trash (delete), or add comments to each file. The button on the right takes you to the Notifications screen where you can see things like who has logged in, when the firmware was last updated, when a USB drive has been connected, and when a USB transfer is in progress.īelow the three buttons is a list of folders by name with their creation date. Here you can also assign a storage quota for and delete members. To add a member, simply tap the "+" icon, add a name, and send the invitation link via text or email to the recipient. The button on the left is the Members button which takes you to a screen where you can give members (up to 40) access to the drive. Tapping the Device button takes you to a screen that shows you how much storage space is used and how much is available, along with account information (user name and email address). At the top of the screen is a "+" button that is used to quickly create folders and add photo, video, and other files from whatever device you are using or from an attached USB device, and at the bottom of the screen is a series of dashboard buttons. It opens to a Files screen that has a large Device button with two smaller buttons on either side. You can access and configure the Apollo Cloud 2 Duo via a user-friendly mobile (iOS and Android) app or a web-based app. Access to the physical drives is tricky: You have to pop off the small cover on the top of the enclosure and remove a couple of screws and the fan assembly to get to them. ![]() Missing are the USB-C and HDMI video ports that you get with drives like Asustor AS6302T ( at Amazon). It's powered by a 1GHz dual-core CPU and 1GB of DDR3 memory, and has a gigabit LAN port, a USB 3.0 port for transferring data between the Apollo and a portable USB drive, and a power jack, all around back. ![]() The Apollo Cloud 2 Duo supports RAID 0 (striping) and RAID 1 (mirroring) and uses two 4TB drives for a total of up to 8TB of storage depending on how you configure it. This device lacks the numerous activity LEDs that you get with most NAS units, but the power button's light ring will glow green when the drive is powered up and ready to use, white when it is in pairing mode, orange when it is updating its firmware or rebuilding its RAID drive, and red when there is a hardware failure. It has a glossy white finish with black trim, and there's a lone power button on the front. The Duo 2 is a small tower that stands 8.3 inches high and is 5.4 inches deep and 4.8 inches wide. ![]() The Apollo Cloud 2 Duo doesn't look like a typical NAS device, but neither did its predecessor, the Apollo ( at Amazon), which we reviewed back in 2016. The Apollo Cloud 2 Duo does offer some handy tools, though, including automatic camera roll backup to ensure the photos and video you take on your mobile device are never lost. Offering a simple way to store and share photos and video from your phone, you get 8TB of storage, but it delivered middling file-transfer speeds in our testing. The Promise Apollo Cloud 2 Duo ($449) is an easy-to-use and easy-on-the-eyes network attached storage (NAS) device. ![]() ![]() kontaktpersonu noteikšanas un brīdināšanas informācijas sistēmas darbību, kontaktpersonu noteikšanas sistēmas pārzini un Eiropas federatīvās vārtejas kopīgo pārzini Latvijā, minēto pārziņu tiesības un pienākumus, kā arī kontaktpersonu noteikšanas sistēmā iekļaujamās informācijas apjomu un iekļaušanas kārtību, informācijas apmaiņas apjomu un kārtību, kā arī informācijas glabāšanas termiņu ġ.17. personu uzraudzības informācijas sistēmā (turpmāk – informācijas sistēma) iekļaujamo ziņu apjomu, iekļaušanas kārtību un glabāšanas termiņu, kā arī institūcijas, kurām piešķir piekļuvi informācijas sistēmā iekļautajām ziņām ġ.16. izolācijas, mājas karantīnas un pašizolācijas prasības ġ.15. kontaktpersonu noteikšanas un medicīniskās novērošanas kārtību ġ.14. diagnostikas un ziņošanas kārtību par Covid-19 infekcijas gadījumiem ġ.13. nosacījumus sociālo pakalpojumu saņemšanai ġ.12. Covid-19 infekcijas izplatības laikā piemērojamos atvieglojumus atbilstoši normatīvajos aktos par primāro pārtikas produktu apriti nelielā apjomā noteiktajām prasībām ġ.11. higiēnas prasības pārtikas tirdzniecības uzņēmumiem un sabiedriskās ēdināšanas uzņēmumiem Covid-19 infekcijas izplatības laikā papildus normatīvajos aktos noteiktajām prasībām ġ.10. 1 kārtību, kādā attālinātā mācību procesa ietvaros finansē asistenta pakalpojumu izglītojamiem ar invaliditāti, kuriem normatīvajos aktos noteiktajā kārtībā piešķirts no valsts budžeta finansēts asistenta pakalpojums izglītības iestādē pārvietošanās atbalstam un pašaprūpes veikšanai ġ.9. ![]() izglītības un sporta procesa organizēšanas un norises nosacījumus ġ.8. ![]() kultūras, reliģiskās darbības veikšanas vietu, izklaides, sporta un citu atpūtas vietu darbības nosacījumus ġ.8. pārvadājumu pakalpojumu organizētāju, sniedzēju un pasažieru tiesības un pienākumus ġ.7. prasības pasažieriem, transportlīdzekļiem, transportlīdzekļa vadītājiem un apkalpes locekļiem ġ.6. ierobežojumus tūrismam un ceļošanai, kā arī prasības pasažieru pārvadājumu pakalpojumiem, kā arī pašpārvadājumu pakalpojumu sniegšanai un izmantošanai ġ.5. personām veicamos īpašos epidemioloģiskās drošības pasākumus ġ.4. pulcēšanās prasības un ierobežojumus ġ.3. Covid-19 infekcijas ierobežošanas pamatprincipus un piesardzības pasākumus ġ.2. Noteikumi nosaka epidemioloģiskās drošības pasākumus, kas veicami, lai ierobežotu Covid-19 infekcijas izplatību:ġ.1. ![]() |