![]() ![]() The need to justify this choice is perhaps a way of addressing questions pertaining to the outcome of the narrator’s life. It is only later that the narrator tries to organize the events of his/her life in a manner that makes sense to both the narrator and the audience. In addition, the narrator does not admit to the importance of this decision in his/her life. The narrator is very confident with his/her decision (Shan 116). ![]() In the first three stanzas, there is no sense of remorse in the narrator’s voice. Therefore, in the narrator’s admission it is impossible to find out which of these two choices is the better one. When the narrator is justifying his/her choice, old age has already come. The narrator uses the term “perhaps” in justifying this choice. It seems that even the narrator cannot conclusively declare that one path is better than the other is. For instance, when the narrator reaches the diversion point, both paths are described as being “equally fair”. The narrator is talking about these two possible paths years after making his/her choice. The narrator chooses to take a less safe path in the hope that those who come after him/her can emulate this.Ī closer analysis of the poem reveals that the narrator’s hypothesis is somehow inaccurate. For instance, most people are in the habit of going with the more popular decisions when put in the narrator’s position. Most readers would like to possess such bravery when making life-choices. The narrator’s decision to follow the less popular path shows bravery. Without this knowledge of where the path would lead, the only consolation is to have faith that one made the right choice. Like the narrator, in most cases one cannot see beyond the “bend in the undergrowth”. This is because almost everyone has been in a situation where he/she had to choose between two options. Most readers find this poem easy to relate to as it is easy for them to empathize with the narrator. In the narrator’s view, the road not taken was more popular than the one he/she took. The narrator also acknowledges that his/her life would have been fundamentally different if his/her choice was different. The narrator decided to use the path that is “less travelled” instead of the more popular one. Most analyzers classify “The Road Not Taken” as a nostalgic interpretation of personal choices. Over the years, the poem has been studied in high schools around the country. Sometimes the title of this poem is mistaken for “The Road Less Travelled”. “The Road Not Taken” is one of the most popular poems by Robert Frost. Each of the lines in the poem has nine syllables. These five lines have a rhyme scheme of ABAAB. In the end, the speaker uses a nostalgic tone when pondering on what lay on the path he/she did not take. ![]() These make the poem easy to read and synthesize. The poet also employs devices such as rhythms and rhymes. In turn, this increases the poem’s audience. The poem addresses universal themes that are easy to relate to. In this case, the road refers to a path in life. The “road” referred to by the speaker is the most prominent symbol in the poem. In this poem, Symbolism is the tool used to bring about this reflection. In “The Road Not Taken”, the poet uses a reflective tone to address the significance of the choices one makes in life. Nevertheless, the chances of doing this according to the speaker are very minimal. Near the end, the speaker reflects on how he plans to try the road he/ she did not take. However, the truth is that both paths are almost the same. In the speaker’s mind, the path he /she takes is less worn out. After examining one of the paths as far as he/she can see, he/she decides to take the other. The main problem is that the speaker cannot follow both paths. It is in this fork that the speaker contemplates on which road to follow. In the woods, the leaves’ color is already turning. In this poem, the speaker has come upon a diversion in a path in the woods. Frost’s stature in Poetry can only be compared to that of other notable figures like Eliot and Stevens. His work made him an American literature heavy weight managing to win him several Pulitzer prizes in the process. In most of his works, the rural New England’s setting is used as a tool for examining philosophical and sociological themes. Frost’s exceptional depictions of America’s rural life along with his mastery of colloquial speech, makes him one of the best poets of the twentieth century (Dickinson et al. His poem “The Road Not Taken” is still one of his best works. Robert Frost was an avid poet who lived in America between during the twentieth century.
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![]() The latest version of the program has a wide variety of effects, titles, themes, and animations. It focuses on technical features, which helps to create professional movies and videos. This program provides more imaginable and useful features. It has more options and features for video editing for people who create high-quality videos, for example, for weddings, video advertising, and so on. It is a kind of mistake, as this program is made for professionals. Some people tend to think that in the Final Cut Pro X vs. The app offers a big variety of motion graphics templates, but templates themselves have very few customization options. For example, the app supports editing only two tracks. Lots of editing features: transitions, voice-over recording, color correction, and more.īasic functionality may be easy to master, but limiting for more advanced tasks. Videos can be shared across major social media platforms. The iMovie interface is quite easy to understand and convenient. You just add images and use themes and effects. With iMovie, every user can create family movies or clips without difficulties from various sources, which are DV-encoded files, video cameras. ![]() This program is well-known among iOS and Mac users. It is quite a standard app, which is a part of iLife. You need several clicks to understand how to edit and cut videos, add effects in iMovie. For example, capture, edit, and share a music performance. It is for people who want to do simple things. This program is devoted to amateurs and people who do not have special knowledge in video editing. Check out the results in the video above and leave a comment.This program is presented by Apple Inc. But if the performance of this machine is any indication, I am very excited indeed for a new M1-based full-sized MacBook Pro. Now, I would find editing in Final Cut Pro or creating motion graphics in Motion on a 13-inch screen to be an uncomfortable experience, so I’m not rushing to replace my 16-in MBP with this new machine tomorrow. Once again, the results were quite surprising. I then turned my attention to Motion, where I replicated a 3D object and a particle emitter to stress-test both machines. The fan on my machine kicked in for the render and export, while the M1 kept nice and quiet as it kept up with my (much more expensive) machine. Plus, I didn’t have the power supply for the M1 version so it ran on battery power for these tests, while my machine was plugged in. One thing that could have contributed to the results was that I was running Catalina on my 16″ MacBook Pro, and the 13″ M1 MBP came with Big Sur pre-installed. I set them up side-by-side, with the same (large) FCP library on identical Samsung T7 drives connected to each machine. Even so, I was quite shocked when I ran rendering and export tests in Final Cut Pro on both machines. This week on MacBreak Studio, I was able to “borrow” the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 Apple Silicon chip and so I did a few comparisons against my 2019 16″ MacBook Pro using both Final Cut Pro and Motion (by the way, it’s going to take me awhile to stopping adding the “X” to “FCP”).īear in mind that my 2019 MacBook Pro has the graphics card upgrade and 32GB of RAM, and the 13″ MacBook Pro is the basic issue model with no graphics card upgrade and a paltry 8GB of RAM. The fallback, using IP address 192.168.1.1 did work. I suspect this requires an Internet connection and I prefer to make the initial configuration changes while a router is off-line. The manual says you can start off configuring the router by entering into a web browser. This is not a good router for anyone living in an apartment building. While anyone can gripe with whatever default a router makes regarding channel width, what is inexcusable is that the EA8300 does not let you change the channel width. Those of us that live in crowded Wi-Fi neighborhoods are better off with narrower channels and the less interference they provide. This provides faster speeds if, and only if, you have no neighbors at all. Peplink routers let you limit themselves to channels 1, 6 and 11 while still letting the router pick the channel.Īnother gripe was that the two SSIDs on the 5GHz frequency band both were using 80MHz wide channels. However, devices on nearby channels are just seen as noise and interference to each other. Multiple devices using the same channel can co-ordinate with each other. While channel 5 may not have been used, it is nonetheless a worse choice compared with channel 6. The only channels that do not overlap are 1, 6 and 11 and routers should stick to those channels. Here are my first gripes.įor one thing, no router should use channel 5 on the 2.4GHz frequency band. In a different location, they were on channels 5, 40 and 100. The networks/SSIDs were on channels 5, 40 and 132 at first. The networks use WPA2 and the default password (printed on a label affixed to the getting started booklet) was 10 characters long and seemed to be fairly random. ![]() Each network is called LinksysXXXXX, where the Xs are numbers. When you first power it up, it creates three Wi-Fi networks (recall the three radios). There are five Ethernet ports on the back and the one for the Internet is clearly labeled as such. The router also has LED lights on all the Ethernet ports, which, to me, is a great feature as it indicates both the health and the speed of the Ethernet connection. An orange globe means there is no Internet connection. When there was no Ethernet cable plugged into the WAN port, it displayed an orange picture of an Ethernet cable. ![]() When all is well, it displays "Linksys" in white. I liked the display on the top of the router because the status indicators are easier to understand and see than simple LEDs. That said, the top 3 reviews in the United States all gave it one star. On Amazon, it has 2,660 ratings which average out to 4.5 stars (out of 5). The EA8300 originally sold for $200 when it was released in late 2017, it now sells for roughly $130. ![]() Vocabulary may no longer serve as big of a role in determining your SAT score as it once did, but as anyone will tell you, vocab skills still have a large impact on your overall SAT performance. ![]() So why does learning Latin roots help your SAT score? Latin roots help boost your SAT vocab score Wondering how to improve SAT scores? Learning Latin roots can help. How to improve SAT scores using Latin rootsĪccording to a series of studies of SAT scores, students of Latin consistently score significantly better than the average across all sections of the SAT, even better than students learning French, Spanish, German, or Hebrew. Latin definitely still serves a purpose in our education, but can it actually help improve your SAT score? As it turns out, the answer is yes – but there may be better ways to use your SAT prep time than learning the whole Latin language. If you're interested in learning more about Latin, Brainscape's Latin flashcards are the best place to start. Latin challenges you to think critically, and it even can help you better understand English grammar and structure. Learning Latin lets you learn more about ancient Roman culture, the foundation of Western civilization, and means that you can read some of the foundational texts of our society in their original language. In fact, it might even be useful if you're looking at how to improve SAT scores. ![]() Sure, it may not help you when you travel (unless you’re heading to a convention of Latin speakers), and it isn’t really spoken anywhere anymore outside the Vatican. Well, as it turns out, “dead” is a matter of perspective. You’ve probably heard many people say that Latin is a dead language. ![]() The game allows you to create your own little avatar called a Twinizen and then dress that character up with the latest outfits in the game. So you wouldn’t be surprised with the mechanics of this one. ‘Twinity’ is another virtual life simulator that plays very similar to ‘Avakin Life’. The community aspects for the game are also pretty developed, so if you have some friends who are willing to join a simple party simulator, this just might be the one. There are other gameplay mechanics involved as well but every time I play the game, all I can think about is hitting the beach and joining a party. It starts out very similar to that of ‘Avakin Life’ but quickly becomes this second life party simulator where you will find yourself constantly at the mercy of a group of hipsters all dancing away their life. This is the game you want to put on after a long day at work and just relax. Partying is what ‘Club Cooee’ is all about! The game contains every type of parties that you can think of, both indoor and outdoor. However, it is still playable and you can download it from any of the mirror links available on google. The community aspects of the game are also on point but just like other light sims, the game suffers from a low player base at present. You can then use the cash to upgrade your car and take part in tougher races. This is actually one of the few games out there that provides you with a free car which you can use to participate in races and earn cash. ![]() Here you are free to explore according to our will and take part in various activities such as shopping, clubbing, playing games and racing. It starts out with you creating your own avatar and choosing basic outfits and appearances for the same after which you are dropped into the game world. The gameplay is quite similar to that of ‘Avakin Life’ and fans of ‘Avakin Life’ will definitely find themselves at home in this one. ‘Onverse’ as the name suggests is an online virtual universe where you are free to roam around a big city and carry out various activities. It is a shame that the world is sparsely populated now but the servers are still alive and if you can live through the lag, then this is one world you should definitely explore during your free time. The community aspect of the game is also important as there are certain quests that require cooperation between two players or more. You need to complete quests and collect various items along the way in order to progress through the game and meet other characters online. The game also allows players to create their own avatar and customize its looks and appearances similar to ‘Avakin Life’. The art choice and world design is what caught our eye, along with brilliant fantasy oriented settings that allow you to explore the world on end without the hassle of too many tough fights or opponents. However, as far as we know, the company does not have much experience producing and developing such games and so we are quite impressed with the results. ![]() ‘GoJiyo’ is an online virtual world developed by the Indian company Godrej, which is a Multinational Corporation dealing with electronic appliances and everyday products. ![]() This has made the game extremely popular among fans of the genre and if you liked ‘Avakin Life’, then you will definitely enjoy this one. It is possible for you to log in to the servers from any remote location and continue your simulation and role playing activities. Also, since the game is browser based, you do not need to download and save any files locally. The main aim of the game is to strike up friendships and then maintain them by performing activities together. The focus of the game is on co-op activities such as fishing and bug catching, so it’s better if you have a friend alongside who is helping out. It is possible for you to purchase items in game through the stores that will help your character progress significantly. The game lets you create your own avatar and then customize the various aspects of his or her life. ‘SocioTown’ is a browser based light sim role playing game that plays very similar to ‘Avakin Life’ but is targeted towards teenagers. ![]() Identify and discuss a few of the most impactful steps you took to find success. This part of your answer requires the most in-depth description as this is what largely indicates your fitness for a role. Again, consider just one or two points that best illustrate the task you needed to complete.Įxample: “As a team leader, it was my role not only to ensure my team met our deadlines but also to communicate bandwidth to other departments and keep my team motivated.” ActionĮxplain the specific actions you took to handle the situation or overcome the challenge. This section requires a minimal amount of time similar to the situation component. In other words, discuss the goal or task set out for you. The account managers were setting unrealistic deadlines, which was causing stress for my team and affecting morale.” Taskĭescribe your responsibility or role in the situation or challenge. Share the right amount of relevant detail by identifying the two or three most important pieces of information necessary to give the interviewer enough context about the situation.Įxample: “In my last role as lead designer, there was a point in time when my team was short-staffed and facing a significant backlog of work. You should spend the least amount of time on this part of your answer as interviewers are more concerned with the actions you took and results you got. It’s also imperative to talk about a specific instance rather than your general responsibilities. In most cases, it’s best to describe relevant work situations but depending on the amount of directly transferable experience you have, it might also be appropriate to discuss academic projects or volunteer work. Set the stage for the story by sharing context around the situation or challenge you faced. Here’s what each part of the technique means: Situation The STAR method helps you create an easy-to-follow story with a clear conflict and resolution. In this article, we discuss the STAR strategy, provide examples of its components and include steps and tips to help you be prepared to answer interviewer’s questions. This method will help you prepare clear and concise responses using real-life examples. Hiring managers ask behavioral interview questions to determine whether you are the right fit for a job. ![]() STAR stands for situation, task, action and result. The STAR interview method is a technique you can use to prepare for behavioral and situational interview questions. In this video, Taylor, an Indeed Evangelist, shares example responses to common behavioral interview questions and explains how to use the STAR Method, a strategic storytelling tool. ![]() Related: Behavioral Interview Questions and Answers: Use the STAR Technique ![]() While the later games did well enough, neither Maxis nor its imitators were quite able to bring about the kind of huge-scale genre-defining success of SimCity until Maxis brought the social element into the equation with its blockbuster success The Sims. Other games explored different domains in the same style: Roller Coaster Tycoon had the player develop an amusement park, balancing thrills with the chance to kill patrons in spectacular roller coaster derailments Afterlife had the player build a heaven and hell suited to the needs of the incoming departed. Maxis also produced a number of other concepts within the franchise: SimEarth placed the player in charge of the development of an entire planet SimLife narrowed the focus, with the player guiding the specific evolution of a species SimAnt placed the player in charge of an ant colony. SimCity 2000, SimCity 3000, SimCity 4, and Streets of SimCity all expanded on the original. SimCity was enormously popular, spawning a number of clones and sequels. Among the Mayoral duties were zoning areas for commercial, residential or industrial use, building public utilities, and rebuilding after Godzilla attacks. In this game, the player took the role of mayor, and was in charge of building a city. "Digital pet" keychain devices, such as Tamagotchi, descended from this line.īut the game which really brought the modern Simulation Game into its own was Maxis's SimCity. ![]() More complicated simulations started appearing in the early 1980s, such as the Commodore 64 game Little Computer People, where the player was responsible for the care and feeding of a virtual person. Variations appeared for years on various platforms, even surviving into the 1990s as their requirements were so low that ports could even run on programmable calculators. ![]() Probably the first game in this tradition is Lemonade Stand, written by Bob Jamison sometime between 19: The player, based on the daily weather report, decided what supplies to buy and how much to charge customers at their virtual lemonade stand. The player generally has no direct control over individual agents inside the game world - thus their role, depending on the scope of the game, tends to be labelled something ranging from "business owner" or "mayor" to "president" or even "god". Traditionally, a simulation game places the player in a managerial role over some set of resources, with which they are charged to build or do something - the game might set some criteria for a "win" state, but this is far from compulsory the player can generally build/do whatever they want and measure their own success by whatever metrics seem best to them (so long as he doesn't trigger a "lose" state through long-term mismanagement, whether accidental or deliberate). I've seen my readers really respond to that. It's Half-Baked Harvest Super Simple, with sheet-pan recipes and things like that. Can you share any details about the cookbook? There's a lot of time spent on the computer and a lot of time spent in the kitchen. I'm generally cooking at least five days a week, and I'm on the computer, like, all night long basically. ![]() I'm working on my second cookbook right now, so recipe testing is pretty intense. I only use natural light (for photos) so I use that as a guide for when to start and end my cooking. Monday through Friday I'm in the kitchen from 9 am until whenever the sun sets. What does a normal workday look like for you? The following interview has been condensed and edited for clarity. Money talked with Gerard about how to throw a dinner party for four on $20, that time she royally messed up a Thanksgiving staple-and the one kitchen essential she can't live without. Her five brothers are all snowboarders, including Olympic gold medalist Red Gerard, and they tend to crash her kitchen after their runs at nearby parks. Gerard has a knack for photographing and styling her dishes (and cocktails) in a way that makes them look like art-but everything gets eaten, too. "eekly 's SO bad," she wrote of the incident on a recent blog post. She may be a 25-year-old with millions of people following her creations on Pinterest and Instagram, but she also accidentally lights towels on fire. ![]() It's so charming, and so picturesque, it'd be easy for her to be unrelatable.īut that's not the case. Tucked in her custom-renovated barn amid the snow-capped mountains of Colorado, Tieghan Gerard spends her days cooking with seasonal ingredients, bathed in natural sunlight. ![]() This is one of the really horrible parts of the game to speed run. In my house there isn't really anything I can do, just get in position to get my nice robe and I'm off to the docks. I'm not really sure they wanted you to get it this early since the quest for it comes later and they send a yellow grobo after you (which you can't kill at this point). I'll need a lot of those later.Īfter this I'm going straight for the syrup. I do stop at the house to get the kashes. You are supposed to hide inside the garbage truck, but that takes too long time, I time the window with the open gate and run for it instead, as long as the truck misses you there is no problem with that. I also skip to get Twinsen's ID and the holo-map, it's not like I'd forget where I'm heading. I don't really need the small amount of cashes the enemies drop so I skip those. It is clearly faster to jump off the lift in the beginning and run to the guards. ![]() This is very useful since the animations for landing and taking damage can be avoided thus saving many a second in the game. In the there is one glitch I use frequently - Changing behavior causes the current animation to stop. A horrible process! And for some reason some times the inventory doesn't reset the position between tries, confusing me enough to make really bad mistakes! And yes I've realized it's insane to use this long segments! I get around this by copying the save-file at the segments end and then copy that one back at every re-try. I cant myself decide where to save and there's only one savefile. One thing that you should know is the game uses auto-saves. I'm playing with the XP-patch (which you can get at ) without the new options(which sadly shows Twinsen doesn't really like ladders) so nothing is changed from the original that I played so long ago. ![]() Seeing the second game in progress and seeing a demand for the game I felt a deep need to be the one to do it and this is the result. This is one of my very first games for PC and I remember being amazed by the graphics and plot and I played it over and over again until I got stuck into RPGs for a long long time. I tend to write really much when given the chance and so I'll try to keep the beginning down and give more details later. Available in three versions: low/normal quality DivX, and high quality H.264 MPEG-4. Speed run of Little Big Adventure in 6 segments, completed on July 14 2006. In this case, you can come into the office for a quick swab to confirm if it is amniotic fluid. Sometimes, the signs of leaking water are unclear, even after a talk with your care provider. ![]() Do not insert anything into the vagina, such as tampons – you can use pads to catch the flow, or sit on an underpad or towel. If you think your water is leaking, let your midwife or doctor know, and watch for other signs of labor, particularly the onset of contractions. What should you do if you think your water has broken? This one is pretty subjective, but some women report feeling a tiny “pop” or release of pressure when their water breaks. Vaginal discharge, while it can be watery in consistency at times, very often looks mucusy. It can also be stained with meconium, giving it a brown or greenish tinge (you should notify your midwife or doctor if you see this.) It does not usually look like urine. Check the color/AppearanceĪmniotic fluid is normally clear, and it can have white specks (vernix) and be tinged with stringy, bloody bits of mucus. When you get up from standing or change positions, these are often times when a little bit of fluid will leak out. So, if there is a question, we advise people to put on a pad and keep an eye on it. I cant 'smell' anything even though Ive read about a sweet smell. ![]() It is not the mucus plug or the pregnancy discharge-it is clear and watery-but very little. One reliable way to tell if it’s amniotic fluid is that it will keep leaking. So I have been leaking something or another since this afternoon, every 15 mins to hour it feels like a very small dribble. Vaginal discharge will probably be odorless, but even if it has an odor, it won’t smell like urine. Urine will have an ammonia smell, whereas amniotic fluid may be odorless, or have a sweet or earthy odor. This may seem obvious, but it is pretty easy to tell by smelling whether or not the fluid in question is urine. Here are a few ways to tell the difference: Amniotic Fluid Will Not Smell Like Urine This one can be tricky, and can have you questioning whether it’s amniotic fluid, vaginal discharge, or whether you have leaked urine. So, what does it look like if you are one of the people who starts labor with water breaking? In some cases, it is an obvious gush of fluid that runs down your legs or soaks the bed, but often it is that little leak mentioned above. Labor contractions are likely not to start for awhile after the water starts leaking – in these scenarios, it may take awhile for the hormone signals to get where they need to go to start the work of getting the baby out. And when the water does break before labor, it is very often a little trickle. First of all, for most people, the bag of waters does not break until well into labor, probably close to the end. In reality, this scenario rarely happens. When we see birth depicted in TV and movies, labor often begins with a dramatic breaking of waters, followed immediately by the laboring person bending over and moaning with intense contractions, announcing, “It’s time!”, and then being whisked off to the hospital to have the baby. |