![]() God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. "But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. "As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him." - Luke 3:4 What are you going to do with the goodness of God that He bestowed on you this past year, and that you look forward to in the year that is to come?" - Tony Evans ![]() It’s not about toys or gifts of what you’re going to have under the tree. "This Christmas, you have a decision to make. "You can never truly enjoy Christmas until you can look up into the Father’s face and tell him you have received his Christmas gift." - John R. "I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." - Charles Dickens This is the heart of Christmas." - Billy Graham "The very purpose of Christ's coming into the world was that he might offer up his life as a sacrifice for the sins of men. Christ is standing at the door he lives in the form of a human being among us.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God is in the Manger That is the great seriousness and great blessedness of the Advent message. As long as there are people, Christ will walk the earth as your neighbor, as the one through whom God calls you, speaks to you, makes demands on you. He confronts you in every person that you meet. In total reality, he comes in the form of the beggar, of the dissolute human child in ragged clothes, asking for help. “Jesus stands at the door knocking ( Rev. "It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope." - Pope Benedict XVI Life is Advent life is recognizing the coming of the Lord." - Henri Nouwen When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize him at any moment of your life. "The word advent means "expectation." What advent can do for us is create a sense of hope." - Louie Giglio And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing and feel the quiet holiness of that time that's set apart to celebrate love, friendship, and God's gift of the Christ child." - Amy Grant "Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. We will wait knowing that the remaking of everything has already begun.” - Ann Voskamp, The Greatest Gift Because each day of Advent, we will actively wait. A place of sheer, radiant defiance in the face of a world careening mad and stressed. And the heart that makes time and space for Him to come will be a glorious place. ![]() “In this day, this season, miracles will grow within, unfurl, bear fruit. “At this Christmas when Christ comes, will He find a warm heart? Mark the season of Advent by loving and serving the others with God's own love and concern." - Mother Teresa, Love: A Fruit Always in Season "God is not dead, nor doth He sleep The Wrong shall fail, the Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will to men." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow God gives God, and we only need to slow long enough to unwrap the greatest Gift with our time: time in His Word, time in His presence, time at His feet." - Ann Voskamp, The Greatest Gift Because nothing is greater and we have no greater need, God gives God. ![]() That is the gift God always ultimately gives. We, in short, go back, that we might look forward to His coming." - R. We leave the already of His advent to taste the bitter of the not yet. "The Advent season is that time when we seek to, in a manner of speaking, mute our memory of what has already happened, that we might brighten our joy that it happened. Looking for Advent readings to celebrate this season with family and friends? Download our FREE 25 Advent Readings for Christmas to prepare your heart for the Nativity of Jesus Christ! Advent Quotes from Inspirational Christians May these quotes from Christian authors and the Scriptures guide your mind toward a holy pause and fill your heart with the peace and joy that we are given through Jesus. We have collected some of our favorite Advent quotes to inspire you throughout this season. Traditions such as an advent calendar and lighting the advent wreath candles serve as beautiful reminders of God's gift of salvation through the birth of Jesus Christ. Advent season begins the fourth Sunday before Christmas and is a time to reflect on the coming Savior, Jesus Christ.
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![]() configure make sudo make install which s3fs s3fs -help Step 5: Configure FTP User Account and Home Directory sudo yum -y update If you want to restrict what OpenAudible can do on your system, you can run the AppImage in a sandbox like Firejail. Then double-click the AppImage in the file manager to open it. Use at your own risk!ĭownload the OpenAudible AppImage and make it executable using your file manager or by entering the following commands in a terminal: ![]() Follow these instructions only if you trust the developer of the software. This is a Linux security feature.īehold! AppImages are usually not verified by others. However, they need to be marked as executable before they can be run. Unlike other applications, AppImages do not need to be installed before they can be used. Running OpenAudible on Linux without installation Most AppImages run on recent versions of Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and other common desktop distributions. No system libraries or system preferences are altered. Download an application, make it executable, and run! No need to install. Awesome!ĪppImages are single-file applications that run on most Linux distributions. OpenAudible is available as an AppImage which means "one app = one file", which you can download and run on your Linux system while you don't need a package manager and nothing gets changed in your system. ![]() OpenAudible loves, but is unaffilated with. ![]()
![]() We know we’ve been pretty negative about the Inspiration so far, but there are some positives to this vinyl cutting machine that go some way to explaining how some users really like it. The Craft Room is fine although we found the designs in general to be pretty dated, especially when you compare to the design stores with Silhouette and Cricut. The Craft Room has 1000s more shapes and a bunch of helpful videos and tutorials. You get 6 months free access to the Pazzles Craft Room when you buy the Pazzles Inspiration, as well as 300 included shapes. Thankfully, the Pazzles Inspiration is compatible with Sure Cuts A Lot 3 so we’d recommend you switch to that if you value your sanity. We’re still not sure we’d label it as prosoftware, however. If you pay for a pro upgrade, you do get to upload your own SVG files, which we did appreciate. Some of our older crafters found it downright impossible. It’s not particularly intuitive and just generally leaves a lot to be desired. Yet we found Inspiration Studio pretty difficult to use. We know our way around a number of operating systems and generally have no problem mastering most software. We would like to think that we’re pretty computer savvy. Inspiration Studio has a steep learning curve, to put it mildly. If you have a Mac, however, you’ll be able to use their InVue software instead, which we think is much better than Inspiration Studio (although no longer benefits from the Adobe Illustrator plug-in). One of the major problems we have with the Pazzles Inspiration is the Inspiration Studio software.įirst off, it comes on CD and isn’t compatible with Macs. We’d much rather a marginally higher price tag with everything you need to fulfill the product specifications already included. ![]() Without that and with just what comes in the box, you get 12″ x 12″.Īll of these upsells become a little irritating after a while (it reminds us of the Silhouette Curio in that respect). Maximum Cutting SizeĪlthough the Pazzles Inspiration is widely advertized with a maximum cutting size of 12 inches by 24 inches, that’s really only true if you buy the optional 12″ x 24″ cutting mat. You’ll also need to buy the pastry tool (and presumably a food safe cutting mat) if you want to use cooking materials in there. The machine can also cut materials of up to 2mm in thickness.īut - annoyingly, considering its high price tag - you’ll need to buy additional tools in order to access any of these new functions. Pazzles estimate it can cut hundreds, if not thousands, of different materials. Pastry, including fondant, sugar sheets and gum paste.It can cut a hell of a lot of materials, including all the usual suspects plus some interesting extras… One thing that you can say about the Pazzles Inspiration is that it’s versatile. 300+ ready to cut images with 6-months free access to Pazzles Craft RoomĪll specialist tools and the 12″ x 24″ cutting mat will need to be purchased separately. ![]()
![]() As they fit the pieces together into the appropriate spaces, children soon learn to join efforts to accomplish a shared task.Īnother area that Lego construction improves in children is self-confidence. Brings about cooperation and collaborationĪside from muscle building, constructing with Lego pieces also builds cooperative and collaborative skills in children. As children construct with the pieces, they inadvertently build up muscles in their hands – muscles they can use to carry out other tasks, such as writing.Ģ. Perhaps the most significant benefit of using Lego bricks is the fact that it develops fine motor skills in children. Here is some of the value Lego sets bring into children’s lives: How Lego’s Improve Intellectual Development ![]() However, the most important reason of all lies in the value of the bricks to the lives of the people who use them – who happen to be mostly children. So, the ever-increasing sizes of the sets, their quality, and their resale value play a vital part in keeping Lego prices where they are. Lego sets command higher prices over time in retail stores the Lego Star Wars Slave was on sale for $80 a few years ago and can now be found on e-stores retailing for as high as $275. The impressive resale value of Lego sets is also a major reason behind their high prices. These sets require a lot of attention to detail to be produced and to function optimally. The Lego Death Star, for example, has over 3,800 pieces, and the Taj Mahal set has over 5,000. Expanding from the classic sets, such as the Inner-City passenger Train set and the Lego Main Street set, which were produced in 1980 and had between 500 and 800 pieces, Lego now manufactures sets that boast of thousands of pieces. This is not always same with bricks of Lego’s competitors, even with pieces from the same set.Īnother reason why Lego sets are so expensive lies in the size of the sets. Lego bricks from different years…even different decades consistently fit together nicely, as though they were made at the same time. One argument that has been raised in defense of Lego’s prices is the quality and engineering precision of Lego bricks. Well, the price tags on Lego toys have been defended by Lego enthusiasts as many times as they have been criticized by critics. Indeed, Lego bricks are more expensive than those of other manufacturers, such as KRE-O and MegaBloks. The price of the 3,803-piece Lego Death Star, for example, hovers around $400 that’s a whopping price for a children’s toy. It is generally known that a single Lego brick costs around 10 to 13 cents to buy, bringing the price of Lego sets – especially those with many pieces to very expensive marks. Notwithstanding the popularity that Lego sets have garnered over the years if there is one thing customers have always complained about it is the price tag on the sets. There are also classic Lego set themes that have managed to make it to and be successful in the present day, such as the Lego City (a set theme introduced in 1973 to depict the buzz of city life) and the Lego Technic (a set theme introduced in 1977 to emulate complex machines).Īside from these, Lego has also introduced set themes modeled after popular cartoon, movie, and videogame franchises, such as Batman, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter, Minecraft, and Star Wars. Some of the newer set themes include pirates, robots, Vikings, castle, dinosaurs, undersea exploration kits, and trains. This enabled the company to build American cultural icons into their product lines. ![]() Although Lego is not an American company, their performance in this market over the last 80 years has made them a staple of the American childhood experience. Lego Growth Alongside American Cultureįrom building wooden toys in the 1930s and later expanding its franchise to start producing standard plastic bricks in the late 1940s, the Lego Company has produced a myriad of Lego set themes that have won the hearts and pockets of millions of people. That’s pretty hard to match in the business world. Together, these factors combine to create a high cost per brick.Īctually, they have basically dominated the market for the larger part of the last few decades – they reportedly own about 70 percent of the construction toys market. Further, the number of specialized pieces included in their sets has grown substantially over the years along with the availability of licensed products. ![]() Lego’s are so expensive because their quality, durability, flexibility, support, marketing, and network is unmatched. Since their arrival in the late 1940s, Lego’s have enjoyed a fair share of popularity in the building games market. Many of the common problems listed above can be avoided if you end up replacing your new roof in the next five or ten years. One of the situations, where this option can make the most sense is for a temporary fix as part of a long term plan. If you do remove the old shingles, you will end up with a nice fresh layer of felt on the roof deck.ĭespite these drawbacks, layering shingles can still be the best plan for your roof.Tear-off will give you the opportunity to examine the decking for any rot and make repairs now before it gets worse (and more costly).Many times the cost for a double tear-off is more than doing it two separate times. You must pull off both layers before you roof the next time. ![]()
Simply put, this is only calculated at the end of the game (when playing THE END card), so if you get humanity to the point of having the cooking pot and good IQ, most dishes will be cooked. This is not that hard when you get to more advanced stages. Make sure you discover farms early so they have a lot of food resources.ĭiscover the oven (investigate a burnt tree) and the cooking pot (investigate water)ĭiscover farming (in vestigate poop), animal pens (chickens or sheep), and have IQ/food/population at the level that humans make a farmhouse base. Keep humanity from starving and you'll get there easy. Sky towers are automatically built when IQ is high enough. Remember to beware churches, which can ONLY be destroyed by meteors. This is just based on IQ and discoveries. Keep advancing IQ until humans make a town center building. Using trees on grassland, expand a woodlands area to include your starter campsite. ![]() Hit a human with a thunderbolt, directly. Make sure they have enough of the resources needed. You just need to wait this one out, really, after inventing the needed techs (resourvoir, lightning rod, smelting). Have a lot of metal/glass/batteries/oil and have humans create a factory. With a higher IQ, use inspect on a volcanic tile to learn about smelting Two quakes, but one of the quakes is on a desert. Easy.Ĭreate a volcano by placing two quakes near each other.Ĭreate an oil reserve. This one took ages of tries for me to do for unclear reasons, it seems a bit weird to trigger. Rocket ships- automatically discovered after a period of good food/a lot of advanced resources being collected (aka metal, batteries).Ĭars- automatically discovered after a period of good food/a lot of advanced resources being collected (aka metal, batteries). Once they crash, they will roam the ground. Acquiring aliens involves crashing UFOs (Which appear after building a telescope) with lightning). Spacetime- found from plutonium, which is dropped by aliens after a peaceful humanity interacts with them. Lightning Rod- when humanity has high IQ (past the 120 mark), using lighting close by will help them realize 'conductive properties', granting a large IQ boost (+12) and lightning rod techĬomputer- batteries, which you get from striking a lightning rod with lightning. Medicines- herbs after a certain IQ point has been hit The next section is around ~120 IQ and beyond.Ĭurrency- gold ore (created from meteors only)Īdv. Toxic berries- toxic berries (humans will just die when eating toxic berries unless you research this)Ĭacti needles- cactus (humans will just die when facing cacti unless you research this) This lets humans create a constant source of wheat, letting you not waste your plant cards. ![]() To stop humanity from starving, getting farming (before taming generally) is key. You can create burnt trees by striking them with lighting or making them catch fire from sunlight. ![]() This is the main purpose of the sample card.Ĭooking Pot- puddles of water or gathered water (viewable in base) To get started, you'll want to use a 'sample' card on both a tree and a boulder, so that humanity can create the basic tools it needs to survive. Fire unlocks a lot of other things, while axe/pickaxe are how humans collect resources. To save a thunder card, place a tree in a desert and use a sun on it.įire, axe, and pickaxe are your most important techs by far. ![]() Easiest ways to do this- thunder on grassland. A list of tech, and what you need to play an 'investigate' card on to unlock/unlock conditions.įire- create fire anywhere on map. ![]() The inclusion of four USB ports on its front and a USB-C port allows the charging of six devices at a single time. It has a universal input design that allows a multitude of plug options. The EPICKA Universal USB Travel Power Adapter offers support for more than 150 countries, including the U.S., Europe, and Australia. Read on to learn about the best travel adapters.Ī travel adapter helps charge your electronic devices on the go, whether taking a short trip across the pond or hopping on a worldwide adventure. "Not knowing this, I have blown out electrical devices immediately upon plugging them into my regular adapter-including my favorite hairdryer moments before a wedding in Italy."Īfter researching available models and consulting with experts, we've dubbed the EPICKA Universal Travel Adapter our best overall pick according to supported destinations, number of USB ports, and price point. ![]() "North American devices are designed to function with a lower electrical voltage (110/120V) than devices from most other parts of the world (220/240V)," Mansel says. Lydia Mansel of Just Packed learned this the hard way. ![]() And one major heads up: The adapter may not convert electricity, which you may also need. require a plug with a top vertical prong and two bottom horizontal ones. wall outlets require a plug with two flat vertical prongs, while outlets in the U.K. Travel adapters allow an electronic device from one country to plug into a differently shaped outlet. Charging your devices in Greece or Sweden shouldn't be one of them. Travel overseas comes with its share of logistical challenges. ![]() Objection Network is a pop culture extravaganza with a weekly podcast every Thursday at noon, daily Let's Play videos, and a bevy of blog posts for your enjoyment. It’s a beautiful sequence that epitomizes everything about their relationship, and I’ve linked it below (in Japanese because it’s better in this case) for your viewing pleasure. At first, Shion is uncomfortable and unwilling to learn, but he eventually lets himself get swept up in the moment. At one point, Nezumi decides to teach Shion how to dance, leading him along in a waltz. The scene that reinforced this the most for me was in Episode 5. 6 is full of many quiet, sweet moments between Shion and Nezumi that exemplifies how much they care about each other. It’s a good balance that allows their actions to feel believable because of how realistic Shion and Nezumi’s relationship is presented.Īs a result, No. But luckily, their relationship is dependent on their mutual concern for each other, and so these issues are short-lived and allows them to overcome their problems. Trust can be broken, and it takes time and communication to regain it. They are emotionally inexperienced with being supportive, resulting in saying hurtful things or keeping secrets and hurting each other as a result. They’re drastically different people trying to understand and learn from each other, and with that mistakes are made. These two are constantly putting themselves in danger for the other, and while it’s often very selfless and noble, there are also times when they make misguided and harmful decisions as well. Something that I really liked seeing was the ways they protected each other. I could talk more about how Shion and Nezumi’s change and growth is so important, but I’d rather focus on something else about their relationship. This is here because the art style is amazing and I love it. Shion and Nezumi influence each other a lot over the course of the show, but not all of their interactions revolve around No. When Shion’s kindness is tested and he commits acts of violence, Nezumi casts aside his desire for revenge in order to preserve Shion’s empathy for others that he so greatly admires. ![]() These differing ideals lead to several arguments throughout the show that challenges their morals and character. 6 should be saved rather than condemned to death, so he strives to find another solution. Shion, however, believes that the people of No. 6 was responsible for the genocide of his people. Nezumi wants nothing more than to see its destruction after No. Shion and Nezumi disagree about the fate of No. There, Shion has to wrestle with his desire to save his home with a possible serum while Nezumi has to reconsider his cruelty and desire for revenge. Shion nearly dies from the same disease that killed his co-worker, but Nezumi is able to save him, and he undergoes a physical change. Nezumi, having watched over him for the last four years, concocts a rescue and takes him to the “real world” outside of No. 6 after his co-worker dies of mysterious circumstances. Nezumi is able to escape, and Shion and his mother are stripped of their luxurious life style as punishment and forced to move elsewhere.įour years later, Shion is arrested on the suspicion of murder and conspiring against No. Rather than hand him over to the authorities, Shion is compassionate and takes it upon himself to treat his wounds, and the two bond quickly. ![]() Nezumi sneaks into his room, injured and on the run. Shion and Nezumi first meet when they are twelve years old during a typhoon. Warning: There are some spoilers ahead involving the plot and characters of No. I couldn’t have asked for a better couple in a more politically action-oriented anime. The world-building is very well done, the characters are interesting and inhabit many shades of gray, and of course, the romance between Shion and Nezumi is so wonderful. I binge-watched it in a single day and absolutely adored it. 6 was recommended as the perfect show to do just that. Ever since the release of Yuri!!! on Ice, I’ve been itching to watch another anime with good representation of queer couples that doesn’t fall into the offensive yaoi and boy love genres, and No. ![]() Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. 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