12/19/2023 0 Comments Kingdom rush frontiers game![]() ![]() Use the Shrine of Regnos to kill the Deviltides before they reach the shore.ĭefeat Quincon, the Jungle King: Finish the mission "Temple of Saqra", campaign mode.īuild on all holders on any given campaign stage: Can be done in the first level Kill 20 Sharks before they reach the shore: Can only be achieved in Storm Atoll and The Sunken Citadel. You need to kill them with magic towers (they are immune to everything physical).ĭefeat Xyzzy, the Saurian King: Finish the mission "Darklight Depths", campaign mode.Ĭall a wave within 3 seconds of the icon showing up.Ĭan only be achieved in Port Tortuga, watch the video below:ĭefeat 10 climbing enemies: Can only be achieved in The Underpass, Beresad's Lair, The Dark Descent and Darklight Depths. ![]() Upgrade all basic tower types to level 3.ĭefeat 6 Phantom Warriors before they harm any soldier with their aura of death: Can only be achieved in Desecrated Grove and Dusk Chateau. ![]() Get the ''Holy Grail'' on level 3 and hope that your soldier will revive 5 times in a row (luck is a huge factor for this achievement). Have one templar revive 5 times in a row: You need a level 4 melee tower, Knights Templar with the "Holy Grail" ability to achieve. You will be able to modify your improvements in turn, which we strongly advise you to do according to the difficulties you encounter.Have your Death Riders claim 99 lives: You need level 4 magic towers, Necromancer Tower with the "Summon Death Rider" ability to achieve.Īpply one Falconer bonus to 4 towers: You need a level 4 ranged tower, Crossbow Fort with the "Falconer" ability to achieve. After each successful level, you will get valuable experience points to spend on skills. The goal is simple: prevent monsters from stealing your treasure, made up of precious stones.Ī word of advice, take a look at the Guide, which will allow you to acquire an exact knowledge of your defenders, but also of your enemies. Carefully examine the terrain before placing your towers and find the optimal defense for each point on the course. To play, use your mouse to place and improve your defenses. You may spend long hours trying to pass the levels, because yes, the difficulty of this game is really high! So patience and strategy will have to be there! In addition, thanks to this conversion, the game is now also playable on mobile devices! Keeper of the Grove is an originally Tower Defense Flash game released in 2012, but now converted to HTML5 to remain playable despite the Adobe Flash player shutdown. ![]() And don't forget to look carefully in the Guide if you want to have additional information on your defenders, your spells and your enemies. Many surprises await you, such as the old grimoire, which will allow you to improve your defenses more effectively. The magician, Lokyn, who will slow down the enemy's race, the monstrous Guardian who will hit the opposing troops over a wide radius or the Rock stone man who will crush the attackers with heavy projectiles.īy passing the levels, you will earn experience points that you can exchange for improvements in Skills. To build your defense towers, use your mouse, click on a free space and choose between the three proposed defenses. The goal of Keeper of the Grove 2, a darker sequel to Keeper of the Grove, is common to all defense games: to prevent the enemy waves from passing and here, to steal the precious gems. It was ? Well no ! It still is! In particular thanks to its conversion to HTML5 which keeps it playable despite the shutdown of Adobe Flash player and, icing on the cake, it is now playable even on mobile devices! It was then, in 2014, an excellent Flash game where good strategists could prove themselves! The Keeper of the Grove 2 game completes our collection of Tower Defense games for our greatest pleasure! ![]()
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12/19/2023 0 Comments Reverse engineering calculator math![]() In contrast, as I showed previously, with 10%/12, the monthly payment is =PMT(10%/12,84,-20000) = 332.02, which does indeed round to 332.įinally, if you give use the URL for the online(?) "finance repayment calculator", we might be more helpful with fewer digressions and distractions. I do not believe that either of those alternatives applies because the calculated monthly payment is so different 332. In Canada, the monthly rate for mortgages per se is (1+10%/2)^(1/6)-1. ![]() It is also true of other kinds of loans in the UK and Canada, IIRC.īut in the UK and EU, the monthly rate for mortgages per se is (1+10%)^(1/12)-1. That is valid for mortgages in many places in the world. Note that I calculated the monthly rate as 10%/12. Please forgive the incessant responses, but I should mention one other issue, although I do not believe it applies. Then, the monthly payment would be 26552/71 = 373.97 (approx). On the other hand, if we assume that total interest is 6552, the total payments would be 6552 + 20000 = 26552. Lenders handle the "odd period" differently. That's 70 regular payments plus an "odd period". ![]() It only appears to change because we are using rounded amounts.)Īlternatively, with payments of 375, the number of payments can be calculated by =NPER(10%/12,375,-20000). (IMHO, the annual rate really did not change. In your second example, there seems to be some inconsistencies. Total interest is calculated by pmt*nper - pv. In your first example, the payment can be calculated by =PMT(10%/12,84,-20000). Second, we can never expect to duplicate a lender's calculation exactly, because we do not know how they round amounts, especially in an amortization schedule. If you want to say "we save x% in total interest", we would calculate newTotal/oldTotal - 1. So, the difference in total interest does not reflect a "difference relative to an interest rate" per se. At least, you have not provided anything to suggest that the interest rates are different. First, you are mixing up some terminology: the total interest changes, but presumably not the interest rate per se. ![]() 12/19/2023 0 Comments Sushi santa cruz![]() ![]() To say the least, I can't bring myself to choke down the fish. For this reason, I can't eat at these places. I am not usually a picky eater, but sushi does happen to be my favorite food. If you are just looking for a place to have drinks with your friends and not empty your wallet for some sushi, then by all means go and have a good time. Many people are recommending places like I Love Sushi, Sushi Totoro, and Pink Godzilla. Service is also very fast, and as stated above, great hours. ![]() Their fish is on par with all the other downtown sushi bars, but they offer killer lunch specials and they always have the Giants game on when I go there. May's and Akira to my knowledge are the only sushi bars in town that do not close between lunch and dinner.Īkira may be the best bang for your buck. I have come here often on a whim because of their hours. May's, much like Mobo, is decent quality but the price is a little higher than what you are getting. In my opinion they are a little pricey given their quality, especially for big rolls (which is kind of their specialty). They even gave my girlfriend and me a coupon for free food and dessert on Christmas, bless their hearts. I frequented this place for a good year because the owners are delightful and I loved giving them business. Shogun is decently fresh, has good selection, and is my current go-to sushi place because of their portion size.īenten doesn't have a very dynamic selection but, like Shogun, the fish is decently fresh. The only fish I've tasted in SC that is comparable to the quality you can get in San Francisco or the peninsula was at Naka, but due to their service I will not be returning. Personals or Dating posts are better suited in personals or dating subreddits, there are more than enough to meet your appetites in that regard elsewhere on Reddit. If you get a shot of a parade of naked protestors marching down Pacific Avenue, that's not shock value: that's Santa Cruz. No nudes ever? At the discretion of the mods. Posting nudes for shock value is also not what this sub is about. Posting NSFW is not enough this is largely a community discussion group. There are more appropriate places to display your body or your primary sexual attributes (or those of your SO or some random stranger you got a pic of), so do it in those places. No Nudity/Exhibitionism or Nudity for Shock Value/Personals or Dating Ads It is okay to advertise a local benefit/charitable event where proceeds go to a cause in the Santa Cruz County community. ![]() It's great to ask for recommendations ("Who's a good plumber? What's a good garage for Toyotas?") and it's great to ask for job seeking advice. No Commercial, Business or "Classified' PostsĬommercial posts or "classified ads" (buying, selling, trading, giving unwanted things away for free), help wanted, job wanted, housing wanted, housing for sale or rent, for-profit events) not permitted. If you are directing insults or foul language to another member of the community you'll probably be banned without warning.Īdvocating or suggesting or joking about inflicting physical harm on others will probably also result in banning. Looking for some fun outside of Santa Cruz? The musically-minded ought to head over to /r/SantaCruzMusic. If you are a student, you should check out /r/UCSC or /r/CSUMB. Welcome to /r/SantaCruz, for discussion about Santa Cruz! Most things about Santa Cruz are here.Ĭheck out /r/scsurf for all of your surfing needs. ![]() 12/19/2023 0 Comments Circuli desrt pupfish![]() ![]() He thought of the Owens pupfish and wondered if anyone would care that he had saved them. In the dark, with a heavy, sloshing bucket in each hand, he trudged across the flotsam of cow country - barbed wire, crumpled fences, rodent burrows - and under the white smear of the Milky Way. He scooped water and the remaining fish into the buckets, and drove to another spring to release the pupfish there. By accident, he had placed the cages away from the oxygenated current, leaving the last Owens pupfish in the world to choke to death on air.ĭistraught, he ran to his truck, grabbed the buckets and raced back. But when he returned to the edge of the pool, he saw that the caged pupfish were dying, some already belly-up. Afterward, he shooed his colleagues into town for dinner he would finish up. He parked in a cloud of dust, then he and a small crew hurriedly corralled 800 or so pupfish into mesh cages in the dregs of the pond. The drive from his office in Bishop normally took 15 minutes he did it in 10. So he grabbed the buckets, jumped in his pickup truck and sped through ranch land toward water. The marsh, he knew, held the world’s last population of Owens pupfish. ![]() ![]() Pister, a state wildlife biologist, had heard that a marsh called Fish Slough, one of the few natural oases in the arid Owens Valley, was on the verge of drying up. The Owens pupfish, a small blue fish native to the springs in the California desert, was spared from extinction on an August afternoon in 1969 by Phil Pister and his two buckets. ![]() ![]() THE PRAYER: Lord, thank You for taking my place and setting me free. Because you trust in Me, you are forgiven and safe and free forever." Your death has become My death, and My resurrection will be your life. It is as if He said to us, "I am yours and you are Mine. He came to do for us what we could never do-fulfilling God's Law perfectly, and then setting us free from all the guilt and shame and death that we had brought on ourselves. We know that the Law is good, but we are not good, we are broken, and the Law just proves that again and again to us. So this meant a trip to Jerusalem, about six miles away.Īs human beings, we, too, come under the Law-the Ten Commandments, the basic knowledge of right and wrong, and most of all, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength" (Mark 12:30). And Jesus, as a firstborn son, had to be presented to God at the temple as well. Mary had to make a sacrifice at the temple after childbirth. ![]() When He was forty days old, His family had more requirements of the Law to carry out. ![]() From that point on, He would be under the Law of Moses. It marks the day Jesus turned eight days old, when all Jewish boys had to be circumcised as a sign that they were part of God's people. January 1 is the Feast of the Circumcision. and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons." (Luke 2:21a, 22, 24) ![]() And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord. And at the end of eight days, when He was circumcised, He was called Jesus. ![]() 12/19/2023 0 Comments Nytimes salted chocolate chip cookies![]() ![]() Prepare two baking sheets by lining them with parchment paper or by spraying them with nonstick spray. of unbleached all-purpose flour (10-5/8 ounces)ġ-1/2 sticks unsalted butter (12 Tbsp.), melted and cooled slightly Here’s the recipe.įrom Baking Illustrated, seen on Brown Eyed BakerĢ cups plus 2 Tbsp. As far as storing, the cookies lasted well for a day or two but started to dry out significantly more as the days progressed. The cookies end up a bit raggedy on top, on purpose, due to the specific instructions on shaping them, and while it seems like a minor detail, I really like how they look. Many of the ingredients are listed as weight measurements, and I made the recipe accordingly, using the weights. The differences in the recipe primarily are that it starts with melted butter and uses an extra egg yolk in addition to the whole egg in the recipe. The Baking Illustrated cookies stay pretty true to their name as a thick and soft cookie. I used the recipe found on Brown Eyed Baker for the Baking Illustrated recipe. ![]() It can be found in this post if you are interested. I won’t share or describe the NYT recipe again. I want my cookies to have some heft and to have just a bit of that underbaked goodness inside. We basically fell in love with the NYT recipe last time, but the description of the Baking Illustrated recipe is completely my type of cookie. I was excited to see how this bake-off would turn out. The competitor (or second recipe) is the Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe from Baking Illustrated. As explained, this bake-off starts with the winner from last time, the New York Times Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. The “winner” of the round goes on to face the next recipe, basically eliminating recipes until we are left with one at the end. I am pairing two recipes up, side by side and baking them on the same day. In summary, I started this off as a way to bake through all the chocolate chip cookie recipes that I’ve accumulated without having to bake 20 recipes in the same day (way too many cookies!). I may need to invest in a few more mini pans □ If nothing else comes from it, I will have a happy husband as he loves freezing dough in mini pie pans so he can have hot chocolate chip “pizookies” topped with ice cream whenever a dessert craving strikes. While it has been on the back burner for awhile, I really would like to find my “go-to” chocolate chip cookie recipe, so I am going to commit to a bake-off at least once a month. So… a few months may have passed since I started this chocolate chip cookie bake-off series. ![]() 12/19/2023 0 Comments Types of endoscopy findings![]() ![]() pylori infection, so first of all we have to know what normal gastric mucosa looks like. The aim of this review is to describe the endoscopic signs related to H. pylori infection would justify the use of advanced imaging techniques, along with application of comprehensive protocols for taking photographs and targeted and random biopsies. On the other, findings of suspicious mucosal changes suggestive of H. In these patients, the endoscopic technique could be adapted in situ, not only reducing the total examination time but also avoiding the need for biopsies, with the reduction of additional costs. ![]() pylori infection and are therefore at low risk of developing GC precursor lesions. On the one hand, identifying endoscopic signs which determine that the mucosa is normal makes it possible to rule out patients who do not have H. pylori infection based on the changes in the mucosal arrangement observed during gastroscopy has a series of advantages, and has been the subject of numerous studies in Eastern countries. These high-quality gastroscopies require expert endoscopists and a significantly longer mean examination time than other types of gastroscopy. Using techniques such as chromoendoscopy or magnification, the arrangement of the gastric mucosa can be better visualised, thus enabling targeted biopsies in areas of suspected atrophy, intestinal metaplasia or dysplasia. In recent years, progress has been made in the real-time diagnosis (optical diagnosis) of GC precursor lesions, which are almost always associated with an underlying H. Gastroscopy is also a chance to improve GC prevention by identifying premalignant lesions. pylori infection, as it allows us to characterise the gastric mucosal pattern and pathology examination will identify Gram-negative bacilli resistant to acid pH. In symptomatic patients, gastroscopy with biopsies is the preferred test for diagnosing H. ![]() pylori-induced gastritis is currently considered one of the most important risk factors for gastric and duodenal ulcer disease, gastric cancer (GC) and its precursor lesions (atrophy, metaplasia and dysplasia), and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. pylori) is one of the most common infections in the world, affecting from 10% to over 80% of the population depending on the region, with a prevalence of around 50% in the Spanish population. Endoscopies are named for the organ or structure they examine or treat and include the following:Īn arthroscopy is done to look at the joints.Ī bronchoscopy is done to look at the trachea, bronchi and certain bronchioles.Ī colonoscopy is done to look at the colon.Ī colposcopy is done to look at the cervix and vagina.Ī cystoscopy is done to look at the bladder and urethra.Īn endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is done to look at the pancreas and bile ducts.Īn esophagoscopy is done to look at the esophagus.Ī gastroscopy is done to look at the esophagus, stomach and duodenum.Ī hysteroscopy is done to look at the uterus.Ī laparoscopy is done to look at the abdomen or pelvis.Ī laryngoscopy is done to look at the voice box (larynx) and vocal cords.Ī mediastinoscopy is done to look at the organs in the mediastinum (the space between the lungs) and nearby lymph nodes.Ī panendoscopy is done to look at the pharynx (throat), larynx (voice box), esophagus, trachea (windpipe) and bronchi (the tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs).Ī proctoscopy is done to look at the rectum.Ī sigmoidoscopy is done to look at the sigmoid colon (the last part of the colon) and rectum.Ī thoracoscopy is done to look at the chest cavity.Helicobacter pylori (H. ![]() 12/19/2023 0 Comments Define vienna waits for you![]() ![]() I can easily say that between the time that I got accepted into the program to now, time management has become really important to me. I hope that by the end of May, I can passionately support and encourage every student’s desire to study abroad. That is why I am so grateful for Texas Global and McCombs for providing such opportunities. Between the rush of graduation and settling into a full-time job, it seems difficult to imagine a time where I could pick up my life and move abroad for four months. I simply didn’t want to graduate without spending some time abroad. As the semester moves on, I can’t wait to share these photos and memories with you all! Reason 3 If I ever forget, good thing my planner wouldn’t. Vienna will definitely be different from my usual practice, but it’ll be yet another opportunity to adapt. The photos I take serve as snapshots of memories, and I know Austria will be a beauty my camera would love to see. ![]() Reason 2Īs a photographer, nothing makes me happier than capturing the scene of an unfamiliar place. I’ve always wanted an experience like this where I’m challenged to adapt who I am to who I could be. While it is definitely terrifying, it also seems like an exhilarating experience. Maybe it’ll be at the airport, when I’m under quarantine or trying to get groceries. But being bilingual, I know the struggles of learning a new language and I’m sure to expect some culture shock during my first few weeks in Vienna. I know you must be thinking, ‘Afiya, Google Translate and other apps exist,’ and you’re absolutely right. There’s no bigger challenge than moving across the world where a majority of the locals only speak German. Amidst the slow packing and preparations, I took some time to reflect on why I was so eager to study abroad in the first place. My flight to Vienna, Austria departs the first week of February. ![]() 12/19/2023 0 Comments Trump tower fire![]() ![]() Lots of emergency activity around Trump Tower in NYC. There are currently no injuries reported /PKuPZBu70Eįire at Trump Tower #trumptower /g11HcFPSws #FDNY members are on scene of a 3-alarm fire at 721 5th Ave Manhattan. His offices are on the 26th floor.įlames can be seen emerging from the windows of the 50th floor in videos and photos posted to Twitter Saturday by onlookers and FDNY. NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - The FDNY says power strips were the cause of the deadly fire on the 50th floor of Trump Tower earlier this month. The President is not at Trump Tower, having relocated to Washington, D.C. Expect traffic and street closures nearby by due to emergency vehicles. The New York Police Department tweeted that the area between 5th Avenue and West 57th Street could expect police and fire department activity, and attendant traffic and street closures due to emergency vehicles.ĭue to a fire at Trump Tower #Manhattan, expect police and in the area of 5th Ave/W.57 St. There is currently one serious injury to a civilian, and 3 non-life-threatening injuries to Firefighters, reported /c7qeOlDVcf #FDNY members remain on scene of a 4-alarm fire, 721 5th Ave in Manhattan. The FDNY later upgraded the fire to four-alarm, and said that a civilian had been seriously injured, with three non-life-threatening injuries to firefighters reported. ![]() “The and are truly some of the most incredible people anywhere!” he wrote.įDNYalerts MAN 2-ALARM 721 5 AVE, HIGH RISE (TRUMP TOWER) FIRE ON 50TH FLR,įDNYalerts MAN 3-ALARM 721 5 AVE, HIGH RISE (TRUMP TOWER) FIRE ON 50TH FLR, The President’s son also expressed his gratitude in a tweet, noting that the fire was located in a residential apartment in Trump Tower. “Fire at Trump Tower is out,” President Donald Trump tweeted. President Donald Trump tweeted his gratitude before news of Brassner’s death. The fire, which was first reported around 6 p.m. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition and later died. The man killed was identified as Todd Brassner, 67, a resident of the 50th floor. One man died with six firefighters sustaining non-life-threatening injuries, according to the FDNY. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.UPDATED: The Fire Department of New York quickly extinguished a fire on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan. All we had to do was stand by and make sure there was no extension until ConEd cut the power to it.”īlasi confirmed that no smoke entered the store – not even in the basement.įirefighters evacuated about 100 people from the building as a precaution, with two suffering minor injuries during the process, Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Carlsen said. A four-alarm fire broke out on the 50th floor of Midtown’s Trump Tower in the apartment where 67-year-old art collector and dealer Todd Brassner lived. “It’s an outside transformer fire, which had nothing to do with the. “It was an underground transformer, either overheating or some type of electrical issue,” FDNY Battalion 8 Chief Richard Blasi told reporters in Midtown. – causing plumes of heavy smoke to surround the newly refurbished building on Fifth Avenue near East 57th Street – located right next to Trump Tower, FDNY officials said. The blaze, which stemmed from an electrical vault, broke out around 9:30 a.m. building in Midtown Thursday morning – engulfing the outside of the structure in thick gray smoke. The Solo Stove Bonfire 2.0 – one of our best gifts for men – is now $100 off for Black Fridayįirefighters show how to have a ‘happy and safe’ Thanksgivingįlorida mom found stabbed to death, baby dies in ‘horrific’ apartment blaze: policeĪn underground transformer erupted beneath the iconic Tiffany & Co. Fast-moving apartment fire kills 2, forces residents into cold in NYC: officials ![]() 12/19/2023 0 Comments Moment by moment hymn lyrics![]() ![]() 23:23-24 Acts 17:24-28 ), whereby, as with his hand, he still upholds heaven and earth and all creatures ( Heb. ![]() God's providence is his almighty and ever present power ( Jer. Sandell's lyric reminds us that our circumstances come "from a Father's hand." The Heidelberg catechism's teaching on God's care for his creation affirms this truth, saying, The hymn represents a simple statement of trusting God through all of life's circumstances. One by one, the days, the moments fleeting, Help me, Lord, when toil and trouble meeting, ![]() That I lose not faith’s sweet consolation, “As thy days, thy strength shall be in measure,” Every day the Lord Himself is near me,Īll my cares He fain would bear and cheer me, He, whose heart is kind beyond all measure,Ģ. Day by day, and with each passing moment, Our church often sings this hymn at a service where children are dedicated.ġ. Some of these immigrants planted First Swedish Baptist Church in Minneapolis, later renamed Bethlehem Baptist Church, where I now work. Many of her best known songs, including "Children of the Heavenly Father" and "Day by Day," were brought to America by Swedish immigrants in the 1800s. Because guitarist Oskar Ahnfelt set her lyrics to music, her hymns can be adapted by guitarists today. Sandell wrote over 650 hymns that were used by the Lord to revive the evangelical movement in Sweden. The Lord used this dark season to grow her faith. As a young adult, she witnessed tragedy when her father fell overboard and drowned during a boat trip. Lina Sandell (1832-1903) was a Swedish hymn writer who grew up as a Lutheran pastor's daughter in Fröderyd. While many people know and love female hymnists such as Charlotte Elliott, Frances Havergal, Anne Steele, and Fanny Crosby, it is unfortunate that the name of Lina Sandell is known by so few. ![]() |
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