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![]() I didn’t find myself persuaded this was the case, although it is oddly Russian for a writer to push words in any direction he wishes (Solzhenitsyn ended up working in a kind of fictional/historical pastiche format and didn’t like the term novel applied to what he was doing). In a very long introductory study, Gary Saul Morson of Northwestern University makes a valiant attempt to suggest that many of Dostoevsky’s failings and surprising shifts of genre and subject in his Writer’s Diary amount to a new kind of literature. But it’s also true that anything Dostoevsky wrote had (and still has) a relentless force and crackling energy worth exploring. Do you have to be a Dostoevsky fanatic to want to read it? Probably. It’s a whopper of a book, over 700 pages. This literary experiment includes everything from letters, literary battles, and short stories to fragments of poems, recollections and long polemics focused on Russia’s system of justice (which had undergone a substantial reform in the previous decade.) I’m almost tempted to say that Dostoevsky became the first blogger when he decided to publish a monthly diary, paid for by subscriptions, in 1873. Review: A Writer’s Diary by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume 1 (1873-1876) Selected from the two-volume set, this abridged edition of A Writer's Diary appears in a single paperback volume, along with a new condensed introduction by editor Gary Saul Morson. A range of authorial and narrative voices and stances and an elaborate scheme of allusions and cross-references preserve and present Dostoevsky's conception of his work as a literary whole. In a single frame it incorporated an astonishing variety of material: short stories humorous sketches reports on sensational crimes historical predictions portraits of famous people autobiographical pieces and plans for stories, some of which were never written while others appeared later in the Diary itself. The Diary's radical format was matched by the extreme range of its contents. A Writer's Diary began as a column in a literary journal, but by 1876 Dostoevsky was able to bring it out as a complete monthly publication with himself as an editor, publisher, and sole contributor, suspending work on The Brothers Karamazov to do so. Jeff lives with his wife and two sons in Massachusetts, where they own a bookstore, An Unlikely Story.The essential entries from Dostoevsky's complete Diary, called his boldest experiment in literary form, are now available in this abridged edition it is a uniquely encyclopedic forum of fictional and nonfictional genres. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England in 1995. Jeff is the creator of Poptropica, which was named one of Time’s 50 Best Websites. Jeff Kinney was also named one of Time magazine’s most influential people in the world. ![]() Since initial publication in 2007, the series has gone on to win many regional and national awards around the globe including two Children’s Choice Book Awards and six Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards for Favorite Book. The books are currently available in 84 editions in 69 languages. The series has remained on the New York Times bestseller lists since the publication of the first book, for more than 775 weeks total, and more than 350 on the series list. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has been a permanent fixture on the USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. There are now more than 275 million copies of the series in print worldwide. With each subsequent book, in-print numbers continue to grow exponentially both in the U.S. Just a year later, more than 100,000 copies were in print in the United States alone. ![]() The first Diary of a Wimpy Kid book was published in 2007 and became an instant bestseller. to turn Diary of a Wimpy Kid into a print series. In 2006, Jeff signed a multi-book deal with publisher Harry N. Jeff worked on the book for six years before publishing it online on in daily installments. However, Jeff was not successful getting his comic strip syndicated after college, and in 1998 he started writing down ideas for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which he hoped to turn into a book. It was there that Jeff ran a comic strip called “Igdoof” in the campus newspaper. Jeff Kinney was born in 1971 in Maryland and attended the University of Maryland in the early 1990s. ![]() His dream was to become a newspaper cartoonist but he wasn’t able to get his comic strip syndicated. Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney didn’t grow up wanting to be a children’s author. ![]() Spideroak ONE 30GB – This plan costs $7 per month.Spideroak ONE – a free plan which gives the user 2GB of personal space although trial limited to 60 days.So let’s take a look at each of the plans and what they have to offer. As we have already mentioned, like Dropbox, they offer a 2GB free plan which is ideal for those just wishing to use a little personal cloud storage. Not unlike their competitors Spideroak offer several pricing plans. When you visit the mobile site it is mobile friendly and there are intuitive apps available on iOS and Android but the site does require a little patience to find what you are looking for. Now whilst we do understand that the online backup service offered is aimed at those who know what they are doing when it comes to technology and perhaps their services are more aimed at these users but with the offering of a free 2GB plan it would seem that they are looking for a mass market. To be honest, when you land on the Spideroak site it doesn’t seem as intuitive as other Cloud Storage Solution providers. Compatible with PC, Mac, iOS and Android so great for those who need to access or back up on the move.A free plan for those wishing to try out Spideroak or those who don’t have as much data to store.Online backup for a whole network of computers – if you need to back up more than one device then Spideroak ONE caters for this.Combines online backup with sync as well as cloud storage and file sharing facilities.Share Rooms – not something you see very often but simply as Share Room is accessible by a Room key and Share ID allowing access to those that you choose to share your files with.This is known as a Zero Knowledge meaning that not even Spideroak employees have access to the data. Security – a priority for Spideroak – they don’t even let their employees have access to data stored.In this review we aim to bring you the features, pricing plans, security, and support information that you need to make an informed decision as to whether this is the right solution for you along with the pros and cons of the system. The Spideroak plans have something to offer all users whether they are looking for personal cloud storage solutions or a complete online backup system. They are one of a few companies that don’t allow even their employees access to their clients’ data – it is purely accessible by those who are authorised to view it. They do however place a lot of importance on the security of data. Their website, at first glance, doesn’t seem as intuitive as their rivals and the information that you require requires the user to go looking for it. Whilst many of the Cloud Storage Solutions are dedicated to just that, Spideroak also offers an Online Backup solution for the more advanced user who knows what they are doing when it comes to technology. They have virtual offices in several destinations across the globe. Spideroak was launched over 10 years ago and is based in the US, however, they are proud to offer around the clock service operating in several times zones. Our percentage proportion calculator enables you to check the X value that you wish to calculate. We understand that there are instances where you need to determine the proportion of a number compared to another. What is a percentage proportion calculator? That is what our calculator does, and it accepts inputs in percent and decimal form. If you are solving manually, the formula needs the percentage in decimal form, which means that the solution needs to be multiplied by 100 to convert it to a percentage. Nonetheless, if solving for the percentage, the value that is returned is the actual percentage and not it’s decimal representation. Our simple percentage calculator automatically converts the input percentage into a decimal to compute the given solution. V1 is the first value that the percentage will modify, while V2 is the result of the percentage operation on V1. How does a percentage change calculator work?Īlthough percentage formulas can be written in various forms, they are normally algebraic equations that involve three values: ![]()
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Shoot Bubble Deluxe has just two playable modes, Puzzle and Arcade. It's a simple concept that does not need further explaining. You shoot bubbles at their like-colored counterparts to pop them and if you aim carefully, you can down whole sections with just one well-placed bubble. It's just you, your bubbles, and your bubble cannon. There are no extraneous or annoying characters floating around here, and no grating sound effects or blaring alarms to pain your ears. Searching for "shoot bubble" will pull up what seems like hundreds of nearly identical-looking games, but Shoot Bubble Deluxe has what others wish they had: simplicity. The bubble shooters of the world get a bad rap, and I can understand why when you look in the app store. I have had many phones over the years and you know what game has made it through to each and every new device? Good ol' Shoot Bubble Deluxe. Source: Google Play (Image credit: Source: Google Play) These titles are perfect for some well-spent casual minutes of gaming each day. Both games are free and monetized through in-app purchases and non-intrusive ads. There are also new weapon types, like the dual-wield daggers and the two-handed ax. The combat system, while functionally the same, has been revamped with new optional abilities to unlock and use as the player sees fit. Postknight 2 has a few new features to make it attractive to new and returning players alike. As it turns out, there's actually some strategy baked into these casual games! What may look like a painfully simple setup on the surface can become a truly desperate situation if you poorly manage your cooldowns. Battles take place in 2D side-scrolling fashion, with simple tap controls to manage your attacks, shields, and health. You then use these to upgrade your weapons, armor, and potions, gradually giving yourself more of an edge in battle. You take quests (deliveries) and receive gold, experience, and items upon successful completion. A Postknight is a heavily armed and dangerous mailman, which is a necessity considering the many dangers that the fantasy realm setting likes to dish out. In each, you play as an up-and-coming Postknight trying to rise through the ranks and achieve elite status. Postknight and its recent sequel Postknight 2 are both adorable, casual adventure RPGs. If you're up for a fun, silly fishing game, this is the one for you. This free title does include ads and in-app purchases, but in comparison to Fishing Life, the ads are much less intrusive. On top of that, there are many different types of harpoons you can play around with and optional items that can make some catches easier. There are over 150 types of fish you can catch with simple drag and release touch controls to aim and fire your harpoon. Set against beautiful aquatic backdrops, harpooning fish like you've got a submachine gun, this is one game that's just fun - there's really no arguing with that. The cats themselves are ridiculously cute, but the art style makes the fish you can catch even more fun to collect. Wrapped up in an extremely adorable cartoony style, this is the high octane fishing trip you didn't know you needed. Unlike Fishing Life, which is very much grounded in reality, The Fishercat has you quite literally shooting fish with a harpoon gun at crazy fast speeds. The Fishercat has a lot going for it that makes it unique in the broader category of fishing-related games. This is the perfect pocket game for killing a few spare minutes a day. However, they're both pretty non-intrusive, and it's easy enough to progress without ever spending real-world money. While you're waiting around for your town to generate more fish, you can play rock-paper-scissors with your cats, play hide-and-seek, pet and feed them, and even chat with them.Ĭats are Cute is completely free and is monetized through ads and in-app purchases. This game may be painfully simple at surface level, but that's exactly what makes it an ideal casual game. You start out with just one cat and a house that generates a certain amount of fish per hour (the in-game currencies are fish and cat grass), which you then use to purchase upgrades for your cat and their home. With a charming black and white doodle-like design, the goal of the game is to find as many cats as you can, build homes and businesses for them, and then upgrade everything into a booming cat city. Cats are Cute is a simple game of collecting cats and building a town around them, and it's strangely addictive. ![]()
![]() If you want to make a batch file that opens to the environment, you can use cmd.exe /k conda activate WhateverEnvNameĪlternatively, if you don't want to just open the environment, but actually want to launch a python script directly using that environment, you can type the full path to the python.exe in that environment folder, and then the relative path of the python script to run with that environment.įor example, say you open the command prompt in some arbitrary directory that contains "myscript.py" that you want to run with an environment called "whateverEnv". Now after reloading command prompt, from anywhere you should be able to do conda activate WhateverEnvName and it will start it in that environment.Run conda init cmd.exe - To see more info on this command, you can run conda init -help, where it says "Initialize conda for shell interaction.Open command prompt and navigate to that same directory.For me it was C:\Users\\miniconda3\Scripts\conda.exe I figured out how to do it, in my case with miniconda so it might be slightly different. Is there anyway I can have the batch file commands run from cmd without having to write out the path every time? I added the path for the batch file but it didn't work Ok, so the path first opens the cmd (which is why the shortcut points at it, but then from there, from within the cmd, it runs C:\Users\sherv\Anaconda3\Scripts\activate.bat. I'm very new to all this and trying to connect some dots sorry if it's a stupid question. I have even tried to add it to that path just in case it might work? So I don't understand why I can't activate conda environments from cmd if it's the same thing? From here there is there any way that I can reactivate conda? Because the command words like "conda -v" or "activate base", etc, don't work.Īlso, the conda prompt is a shortcut so when I right-click and select "open file location", it goes to windows\system32\cmd. So I deactivate it and get: C:\Users\sherv> When I open the anaconda prompt the window that opens, shows: (base) C:\Users\sherv> LIVFRESH was shown to be two times better than the top toothpaste in controlling overnight accumulation on teeth after a single brushing at night in a double-blind crossover study done at a major US university. Plaque accumulates in our mouths at a fast rate each night. LIVFRESH toothpaste fights plaque while you sleep Peter Jacobson, a dental pharmacologist, said, “Any product that can improve the effectiveness of tooth brushing at a level demonstrated by Livionex is not only a breakthrough, but can be categorized as a disruptive innovation with major public health implications.” It redefines what toothpaste and oral hygiene are all about. LIVFRESH toothpaste uses an innovative patented formulationĪctivated edathamil, a unique ingredient in LIVFRESH dental gel, breaks down existing plaque and delivers a thorough, long-lasting clean.ĭr. What makes the LIVFRESH dental gel different from regular toothpaste?ġ. Finally, and probably most important, a good toothpaste should help you keep your teeth clean. It should also have a relative dentin abrasiveness of less than 250. It should not include sugar, and instead, use artificial sweeteners to prevent damage to your teeth. It should include at least 1,000 ppm of fluoride to help strengthen and maintain the health of your teeth. The American Dental Association (ADA) has established standards that decent toothpaste should meet. It should also prevent causing tooth damage, which means it must have components that are safe for your teeth. ![]() A good toothpaste should perform several tasks, including cleaning and protecting teeth. ![]() It's difficult to determine if toothpaste is “good” or not, and it's rather a subjective thing. Often, we are swayed by whichever toothpaste is on sale at our local shop, which is not the ideal method to buy toothpaste! What makes a good toothpaste? However, with so many kinds of toothpaste on the market, separating the excellent from the okay is getting more difficult. As a result, the effect of the toothpaste on your teeth during those five minutes is critical. If you brush your teeth twice a day for two minutes each time, as the ADA recommends, you'll spend almost five minutes of your day with toothpaste in your mouth. Brushing using standard toothpaste, which mostly focuses on scrubbing, makes cleaning hard-to-reach regions, such as along the gums, in-between teeth, and in the nooks and crannies of our mouth, practically impossible. ![]() Contact your wireless service provider for more details. ![]() Service may not be available in all areas or at the signal strength, rates, speeds, or bandwidth as demonstrated. Some capabilities are not available in all areas and depend on your wireless plan and service provider network. ![]() Wireless service is provided by and is the sole responsibility of your wireless service provider. Credit check required must be 18 or older upgrade or activation fee from your wireless service provider may apply. * Requires an installment agreement or a 2-year contract and plan (which may include restrictions on switching service providers and roaming, even after contract expiration) sold separately to qualified customers. Tap Download and Install.Īvailable for qualifying applicants in the United States.Īpple Card is issued by Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Salt Lake City Branch. Update to the latest version by going to Settings > General > Software Update. To access and use all the features of Apple Card, you must add Apple Card to Wallet on an iPhone or iPad with the latest version of iOS or iPadOS. iPhone activation required on iPhone purchases made at an Apple Store with one of these national carriers: AT&T, Verizon, or T-Mobile. ACMI is not available for purchases made online at the following special stores: Apple Employee Purchase Plan participating corporate Employee Purchase Programs Apple at Work for small businesses Government, and Veterans and Military Purchase Programs, or on refurbished devices. See the Apple Card Customer Agreement (Opens in a new window) for more information. Taxes and shipping are not included in ACMI and are subject to your card’s variable APR. If you choose the pay-in-full or one-time-payment option for an ACMI-eligible purchase instead of choosing ACMI as the payment option at checkout, that purchase will be subject to the variable APR assigned to your Apple Card. Variable APRs for Apple Card other than ACMI range from 15.49% to 26.49% based on creditworthiness. See (Opens in a new window) for more information about eligible products. to select at checkout for certain Apple products purchased at Apple Store locations,, the Apple Store app, or by calling 1-800-MY-APPLE, and is subject to credit approval and credit limit. § Apple Card Monthly Installments (ACMI) is a 0% APR payment option available only in the U.S. Offer good for verified college students only and does not extend to a Family Sharing group. Free Apple TV+ access for students ends when you no longer qualify or do not renew your Apple Music Student subscription. Limited-time offer offer may end at any time. Restrictions and limitations may apply.Ģ. More details are available from Apple’s trade-in partner for trade-in and recycling of eligible devices. ![]() Apple or its trade-in partners reserve the right to refuse or limit quantity of any trade-in transaction for any reason. Some stores may have additional requirements. Offer may not be available in all stores, and may vary between in-store and online trade-in. In-store trade-in requires presentation of a valid photo ID (local law may require saving this information). Sales tax may be assessed on full value of a new device purchase. Actual value awarded is based on receipt of a qualifying device matching the description provided when estimate was made. Trade-in value may be applied toward qualifying new device purchase, or added to an Apple Gift Card. You must be at least 18 years old to be eligible to trade in for credit or for an Apple Gift Card. Trade-in values will vary based on the condition, year, and configuration of your eligible trade-in device. ![]() Typical examples of conspicuous tail colors that contrast with cryptic body coloration can be found in a variety of lizard species belonging to different families ( Arnold 1984 Cooper and Vitt 1985 Vitt and Cooper 1986). Other studies suggested that colored tails may serve as a visual signal for social behavior, as a lure to approaching prey, or as a signal to a predator that it has been spotted or that the prey is unpalatable ( Clark and Hall 1970 Arnold 1984 Hasson et al. In the few studies that have addressed the adaptive value of conspicuous tail colors, the most common suggestion was that conspicuous tails deflect predator attacks to expendable or relatively invulnerable body parts in reptiles ( Cooper and Vitt 1985 Cooper 1998), amphibians ( Caldwell 1982 McCollum and Leimberger 1997), and fish ( MacPhail 1977). Such a cost, on top of the energetic cost of the ontogenetic color alteration, should be offset by the advantages that the individual gains from having a conspicuous tail. Brightly colored tails may expose cryptic individuals to increased risk of predation. ![]() Although the phenomenon is very common, especially in reptiles, the adaptive significance of color change that is not directly related to reproduction has received very little attention ( Booth 1990).Ĭonspicuous colors in juvenile tails that fade during maturation are widespread and are a clear example of ontogenetic color change among amphibians, reptiles, and fish ( Caldwell 1982 Cooper 1998 Kynard, Henyey, and Horgan 2002). For example, Hoffman and Blouin (2000), who reviewed the coloration in 225 polymorphic anuran species, found that 46 of the assessed species went through an ontogenetic color or pattern change. Many vertebrate species belonging to different taxa show age-related (ontogenetic), directional changes in coloring or pattern. The persistence of both striped body pattern and blue tail fits the active foraging period of neonates and hence may be appropriate for other species that display a conspicuous tail accompanied by a striped pattern. Conspicuous colors and deflection displays may shift attacks to the expendable tail, increasing the prey's overall probability of surviving attacks. Active lizards that forage in open habitats increase their probability of attack by ambush predators. ![]() The results suggest that activity alteration may be a major factor affecting the ontogenetic color and pattern change. In comparison, 2 other lacertids that do not undergo ontogenetic change did not switch to safer foraging when growing up. Striped blue-tailed hatchlings foraged more actively than 3-week-old juveniles, spent a longer time in open microhabitats, and performed deflective tail displays. In addition, we explored whether tail displays, often assumed to direct a predator's attention to the tail, disappear with the color change. We observed blue-tailed, newly hatched lizards ( Acanthodactylus beershebensis) in the field and compared 5 behavioral parameters with those of older individuals that had already lost their neonate coloration. We suggest a novel hypothesis: conspicuous tail colors that appear only in juveniles compensate for an increased activity level, deflecting imminent attacks to the tail. One example is conspicuous colors in the tails of fish, amphibians, and reptiles that fade out later in life. Ontogenetic changes in color and pattern that are not directly related to reproduction are very common yet remain a poorly understood phenomenon. |