![]() This is why the concept of “civilization” is hard to define however, it is still a helpful framework with which to view how humans come together and form a society. It left behind a wealth of art, and had highly developed architecture-but no written language. For example, the Incan Empire was a large civilization with a government and social hierarchy. ![]() However, there are many societies that scholars consider civilizations that do not meet all of the criteria above. Writing, trading, artwork and monuments, and development of science and technology are all aspects of civilizations. Another criterion for civilization is a surplus of food, which comes from having tools to aid in growing crops. Civilisation II is the fifth extended play (EP) by British indie pop band Kero Kero Bonito, released on 21 April 2021 by Polyvinyl. From this specialization comes class structure and government, both aspects of a civilization. With support from the other people living in the settlement, labor is divided up into specific jobs (called the division of labor), so not everyone has to focus on growing their own food. First, civilizations have some kind of urban settlements and are not nomadic. Still, most anthropologists agree on some criteria to define a society as a civilization. The term “civilization” was often applied in an ethnocentric way, with “civilizations” being considered morally good and culturally advanced, and other societies being morally wrong and “backward.” This complicated history is what makes defining a civilization troublesome for scholars, and why today’s modern definition is still in flux. The word “civilization” relates to the Latin word “civitas” or “city.” This is why the most basic definition of the word “civilization” is “a society made up of cities.” But early in the development of the term, anthropologists and others used “civilization” and “ civilized society” to differentiate between societies they found culturally superior (which they were often a part of), and those they found culturally inferior (which they referred to as “ savage” or “barbaric” cultures). However, defining what civilization is, and what societies fall under that designation, is a hotly contested argument, even among today’s anthropologists. 200 BCE - 600 CE The Nazca civilization flourishes in ancient Peru. 323 BCE - 31 BCE Hellenistic civilization in Greece, the Mediterranean and Asia. ![]() 500 BCE - 900 CE The Zapotec Civilization flourishes in Mesoamerica. In many parts of the world, early civilizations formed when people began coming together in urban settlements. The Urartu civilization flourishes in ancient Armenia, eastern Turkey and western Iran. A civilization is a complex human society, usually made up of different cities, with certain characteristics of cultural and technological development. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestine activist from Olympia, Washington, travelled to Historic Palestine that year as a senior in college in order to peacefully protest the mass demolition of Palestinian homes. Worse yet, just the previous year, in 2003, Caterpillar machinery was used in the murder of a 23-year-old American activist named Rachel Corrie. These homes represented but a few of the approximately 18,000 Palestinian homes that have been demolished by the State of Israel since 1967. In 2004, during the peak of the Second Intifada, Human Rights Watch reported that Caterpillar D9 bulldozers had been used in the demolition of over 250 Palestinian homes in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. How are these Caterpillar bulldozers used by Israel? Well, let’s take a look. As recently as 2001, court documents revealed that Caterpillar sold 50 of its D9 bulldozers to the state of Israel for the not-so-insignificant sum of $32.7 million. ![]() In fact, Caterpillar has made a handsome profit from their sales of D9 bulldozers to the Israeli government. Caterpillar machinery has been used frequently in Historic Palestine and Israel. ![]() Their annual sales in 2021 topped nearly $25 billion and their machinery is regularly sold around the globe. Caterpillar Inc., an American company whose headquarters are only half an hour away from my hometown in Illinois, is the largest construction-equipment manufacturing company in the world. You might recognize Caterpillar by their obnoxiously loud machines strewn across campus, their trademark yellow CAT logo, or by the above picture of President Eisgruber and other administrators jauntily breaking ground on the new Lake Campus development project with a massive Caterpillar machine sitting right behind them.īut there is more to Caterpillar than meets the eye. The referendum is very simple: I am calling on the University to immediately halt usage of all Caterpillar construction machinery in ongoing and future campus construction projects. Last Sunday I stood in front of the Undergraduate Student Government Senate and asked them to approve the language of a referendum I am proposing for the spring USG election. ![]() ![]() 'Cause you only listen to your fucking friends" : *tch* what a shitty bf. You scared me to death, but I'm wasting my breath You clearly weren't aware that you made me miserable" : this explains what i just said. "You'd do the opposite of what you said you'd do and I'd end up more afraid" : as i said. "I knew when I asked you to be cool about what I was telling you" : she knew alot of things when she asked him to be cool, maybe coz he was stressing her out or didn't trust her while she was trying to show him something. Was I even on your way?" : she ask if he see her as the chosen one or the women he wants, she ask him if she is enough for him. Or do you skip my avenue?" : he is not treating her right, he seemed like he really don't give a shit about her, so she kept asking to show how shitty he is. To tell me what to do" : she will give more time to herself coz he seemed like an energy vampier and coz she felt like she gave him more time than he ever deserved. "Give me a day or two to think of something clever "Wish I could explain it better" : she feels so happy till she can't find better words to describe it. "When I'm away from you, I'm happier than ever" : she feels happier when she s away from him coz he s toxic In the tone of her angry revolutionary voice, there was some sadness, a lot of blame, and a touch of despair. ![]() If you notice at the beginning of the song how calm and stable her tone of voice is, as if she is maintaining her mood or something like that, after a few seconds the tone turned sharp, and it seems as if she is revolting, so she is angry, upset and sad, because she is tired of continuing her relationship with him. I keep this song on my phone and I don't even think about getting rid of it.Įvery melody, every rhythm, every word expresses the bad relationship she was in. Her sophomore record will feature 16 songs, including previously released singles “my future” and “Therefore I Am,” and the title track previewed in the teaser.I think that she lived through a hellish period of a toxic relationship, and she reflected her experience in this unique song and found the appropriate melodies to express the difficulties she went through. ![]() And as previously teased, a new song will arrive this Thursday, April 29. In her previous Instagram post on April 20, Eilish hinted at new music on the horizon, captioning her selfie with “things are comingggg.”Įilish fulfilled that promise just a week later on April 27, announcing that her new album Happier Than Ever will be released on July 30. In the 15-second teaser, Eilish is seen sitting with her back to the camera, as her soulful voice can be heard singing, “When I’m away from you, I’m happier than ever.” But when she turns to her head around, the music stops in a haunting fade-out as she glares into the camera, making it clear that she means business. And with her new blonde hairdo, it’s clear that her next era is upon us. ![]() Eilish teased a snippet of her new single, which appears to be called “Happier Than Ever,” in an enchanting clip posted to her social media channels on Monday, April 26. Billie Eilish is apparently in the best place of her life, and her new music is about to reflect this mood. ![]() ![]() In the Android app: In the Settings screen, under Your Account.In the iOS app: In the Settings screen, under Account.On the website: In the lower left, inside the nav bar.Please ensure that you're using the same account name on both the web browser (where you're saving articles) and the iPhone app (where you're reading them). I save pages, but they don't appear in the app. Instapaper will then be an option on the share sheet. This can be done by opening the share sheet (box with arrow icon), scrolling all the way to the right of the top row, choosing "More," and enabling Instapaper. ![]() To save on mobile Safari, and any other compatible apps/browsers, please add Instapaper to the system share sheet. With the introduction of the system share sheet in iOS 8, mobile bookmarklets are no longer required. How do I install the Instapaper bookmarklet on mobile Safari? 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![]() ![]() If it’s not a free plugin, you’ll have to pay up somewhere in that process, but it’s simple. From there, search through your options, click on the one you want, and go. You can access this from the Creative Cloud desktop app. First, you can install tons of plugins and smart actions from Adobe’s Creative Cloud marketplace. There are three different ways to install a plugin for Photoshop, each of them pretty simple. How to Install a Photoshop Plugin or Filter Give photos a flowing and ink-like effect I’ll tell you this: it could have saved me a lot of time back when I took more photos. You can use it to alter the colors of photos, add contrast and vibrancy, remove unwanted objects, add sun rays, change the skies, and even touch up skin with just a few clicks. It takes care of many of your tedious editing tasks and comes as both a standalone program and a Photoshop plugin. Why? It uses artificial intelligence (AI) to rapidly edit and touch up photos in a way that looks natural. Luminar Image courtesy of įirst up, let’s talk about Luminar, which might actually be one of the most excitingapps/plugins on this list. Whatever you need, there’s something here for you. Some are old, some are new, some are free, and some are rather expensive (but always worth it). That’s why we went out and found some of the most interesting plugins and filters to hit the scene. It’s the universal symbol of photo editing, retouching, and digital art.īut hey, every program has its limits, and that’s why Adobe has encouraged the development of a massive third-party ecosystem of plugins, filters, tutorials, and so much more. If you want a way to make Photoshop do things it normally can’t, or you just want to make your graphics editing life a whole lot easier, plugins are the way to do it. Its name is used as a verb, no matter how hard Adobe has tried to stop that particular trend. People who have never touched a desktop know what it is. OpenGL 3.Photoshop hardly needs an introduction.Intel Core i5, Xeon, or better processor(s) or Apple Silicon.You have the ability to add detail, glow and vibrance, adjust brightness, darken or lighten different areas of your image, and more.The app comes with various masks and quick brushes that will help you give your photos a special look. Changes can be previewed in real time.The app lets you edit photos with greater speed and smoothness, offering easy-to-apply presets. Comes with many responsive tools and sliders that will make your work easy.The program allows you to customize your photos to your liking and will also help you to extend the functionality of various editing programs, such as Adobe Lightroom, Apple Aperture, Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Photoshop Elements. Allows you to easily create and save your own presets.Can import photos you are working on in Lightroom easily.Apply selectively to each area of your photo quickly.Includes 27 stackable filters and hundreds of presets.Combine multiple effects to create any stunning photo.Easily retouch with skin tone-specific filters.Easily save and organize your own skins and presets.The utility allows you to give an HDR look to your images, enhance their details, convert them to Black & White, improve portraits and more.ON1 Effects comes with a set of hundreds of filters, borders, presets and textures that will help you add style to your photos with minimal effort. ![]() ![]() ![]() The two companies have since launched curbside pickup at nearly all stores and support EBT and SNAP payments, as well as alcohol delivery and pickup in select states. At Modern Sprout, we see gardening as meditative and thoroughly rewarding, yet we understand it’s not without its headaches. Sprouts and Instacart first partnered together in 2018 when they launched same-day delivery on Instacart. This Modern Sprout self-watering herb kit features a vintage-inspired mason jar outfitted with a passive hydroponic system known as wicking, which brings. We create thoughtfully crafted products to simplify plants and indoor. ![]() We create thoughtfully crafted products to simplify plants and indoor gardening, so you feel good. Modern Sprout was founded by two regular thumb-colored people inside our Chicago home.
![]() ![]() The Road to Rome introduced 8 war machines and around 6 maps, in addition to 4 new weapons. Two expansions were released for this game, The Road to Rome and The Secret Weapons of WWII. The graphics and visuals of this game are very outdated compared to what we have now, but back then in 2002, it was considered awesome. These classes are Engineer, Assault, Medic, Anti-Tank, and Scout. Each class has different features and is meant to help each other in different ways. This system lets you choose from different classes (roles) to participate in the battle. The well-known class system of Battlefield games was also introduced through Battlefield 1942 for the first time. It combined the mechanics of Death-Match and Capture the flag multiplayer modes for the first time. This game mode has changed the whole meaning of playing first-person shooter games as it overshadowed many other first-person shooter game modes. The Conquest multiplayer game mode was first introduced through this game. A new multiplayer mode called Gold Rush was later added to the game in 2008 through Battlefield: Bad Company.īelow, you will lay your eyes on every Battlefield game ever released throughout the years, including mobile titles as well.īattlefield 1942 was the first Battlefield game released. The point here is to not lose your conquered areas, and fight to conquer the rest simultaneously. The victory is achieved by conquering the majority of the areas which as result will decrease the respawn times of the opposite team until they lose. Every Battlefield multiplayer is introduced through Conquest game mode which lets you fight to control areas around the map. The game is renowned for its large maps, multiplayer, and the ability to use war machines such as military Jets. And if you are totally new to this franchise, it’s a good time to dive into it whenever you can.īattlefield puts you in the shoes of a soldier as you experience what it feels like to be the man in the battleground. The fact that the Battlefield series started back in 2002, makes you wonder about the number of games released till now. While some entries in the series were not that good in terms of the gameplay mechanics or the visuals, they were overshadowed by other critically acclaimed titles such as Battlefield 4. The Battlefield franchise is one of the commercially and critically successful first-person shooters of all time. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pip's discovery, in Great Expections, that Magwitch rather than Miss Havisham has been his secret benefactor. ![]() (.) Similarly, the plots of many novels involve crucial anagnorises, e.g. The classic instance is Oedipus' recognition, in Oedipus Tyrannus, that he himself has killed his own father Laius, married his mother Jocasta, and brought the plage upone Thebes. ![]() Oxford University Press, 2001) defines the term as follows:Īnagnorisis (…) the Greek word for 'recognition' or 'discovery', used by Aristotle in his Poetics to denote the turning point in a drama at which a character (usually the protagonist) recognised the true state of affairs, having previously been in error or ignorance. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms by Chris Baldick (Second edition. The closest literary term for this is most likely anagnorisis. Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story, or a chapter, and it helps the reader develop expectations about the upcoming events. Chekhov's advice was not necessarily to conceal importance, but to just not spend time on things that are not important.Ī literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. The necklace was essential to the story, but its introduction downplayed its importance. The term has come to mean "an insignificant object that later turns out to be important." For example, a character may find a mysterious necklace that turns out to be the power source to the Doomsday Device, but at the time of finding the object it does not seem important. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there." Source: WikipediaĪlthough originally defined as a general "dramatic principle", today "Chekhov's gun" is often used to denote a specific story element: ![]() If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. "Remove everything that has no relevance to the story. Elements should not appear to make "false promises" by never coming into play. "Chekhov's gun" was originally defined asĪ dramatic principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed. In the above example, you could say the eventual solution of the problem had been foreshadowed throughout the story, or that it was set up as a Chekhov's gun. The terms Chekhov's gun and foreshadowing may fit the bill. There are other stories that employ this plot device much more dexterously and subtly (but I can't think of them). He always happened to get locked in a room containing steel wire, metal tubes, a radio, a pair of pliers, a chemistry set, and a canister of black powder. Sadly, "MacGyver" was rather hokey and contrived. MacGyver always saves the day by putting together the ordinary objects he finds around him. The American TV series "MacGyver" is a corny example of this. If done skillfully, it surprises and delights the audience.Īs you can see, I don't mean "diabolus ex machina" (where the unexpected event is misfortunate rather than fortunate), but I want to know what it is called where the ending doesn't rely on unheralded external forces and only involves a (perhaps very clever) assembly of elements already present in the story. I'm wondering, what is the opposite of this plot device?Īs in, all the pieces which are needed to resolve the problem have been lying in plain view from the beginning of the story, but it is only at the climax that the protagonist puts the pieces together in an unexpected way to solve the problem. He's finished for sure! Just then, a car swerves out of nowhere and hits the villain." For example: "The villain has our hero backed in a corner with no way out. Deus ex machina is a plot device in which a seemingly unsolvable problem is resolved by a sudden and unexpected external event. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Janet shared a Workflowy link with our family 10+ years ago, I didn't quite get the concept. For a new user, you could also be confused if you're moving from a text-writing app. ![]() Once I remembered how outlining works, it was a better experience and result. Instead and unknowingly, I created outdented bullets which, in outlining lingo, are separate nodes. having something shiny to look at.īecause I'm not an outliner guy, I used headings # and did not enter my notes under the headings. The UI is primarily light grey which is likely intentional to get you focused on writing vs. When you launch the app at first you will not be blown away. I liked the Windows desktop app better than the Android app but the Android one is quite good. Workflowy is a powerful and freemium Web-based outliner wrapped in an Android app, at least that's how it feels. Now back out of that rabbit hole and let me tell you about the actual app! Other investors include Precursor Ventures where Workflowy is one of their 390 investments and UP2398 run by 3 ex-eBay folks including Billionaire Pierre Morad Omidyar who founded eBay, Alex Poon, and Randy Ching. They had four investors including Y-Combinator where they started plus Will Smith (not the one you're thinking of) from Octave which also invested in another big note-taking app Notion and 27 other companies. Why? If that's where you're keeping your personal notes, it's good to know who is protecting them and keeping them safe from bad actors/actresses! Now that we know who started Workflowy, let's see who else owns it. What's interesting is Mike's LinkedIn profile shows that he studies focused in graphics design and then he built a completely text-based editor. ![]() and Mike in 2005 with a Masters in Comp Sci. Both graduated from Stanford, Jesse in 2003 with a BS in Product Design and Mechanical Eng. Workflowy was started in 2010 by Jesse Patel who seems to be there still 13 years later and Michael (Mike) Turitzin who sold most of his part and is now a Software Engineer at Figma. I highly recommend watching that video, not now, after you read this! :) Back then the app was called Work Flowy and somehow was renamed to Work flowy, so less emphasis on flow? I kid! Looking back at my old emails, the first time I heard of it was in Scott Hansleman's 2012 talk " It's not what you read, it's what you ignore". This week's app is Worflowy which my sister Janet started using back in 2016 mostly for work but then also with her family and our families. Welcome Ricardo from no-fixed address, Esther from New York, Reginald from Florida and Captain Nemo (!) from Italy. ![]() ![]() ![]() For "Steven Universe", Sugar worked as the show's executive producer throughout its run. She later wrote a song used in the 7th season of "Adventure Time". Sugar eventually quit working on "Adventure Time" as she found the workload of simultaneously working full-time on both series to be overly challenging. Sugar continued working on "Adventure Time" until its 5th season, while also working on her own series "Steven Universe" since 2013. She was told to "not hold anything back" when it came to writing. At that time, Sugar took writing advice from co-workers who had experience in working on indie and underground comics. Sugar was encouraged by the show's creative team to use her own life experiences as inspirations for the character development of Marceline the Vampire Queen, one of the show's main characters. A month later, she was promoted to a full storyboard artist due to the quality of her work. Shortly after, Sugar was hired as a storyboard revisionist for the television series "Adventure Time". It featured a gay couple who work as astronauts. In 2010, Sugar published her first graphic novel, "Pug Davis". She provided background artwork for "nockFORCE", a web animation series which Jones-Quartey had launched on YouTube. She had a close working relationship with fellow animator Ian Jones-Quartey, who would later become first her long-term boyfriend and then her husband. During her time as a college student, Sugar directed short animated films. ![]() After her graduation, Sugar attended the "School of Visual Arts" in New York City. She won a writing award for one of her comic strips. During her high school years, Sugar drew comic strips for the school's newspaper, "Silver Chips". Sugar was a student of Montgomery Blair High School, but also received visual arts lessons through a program of the (unaffiliated) Albert Einstein High School. Sugar has commented that she still regularly celebrates Hanukkah as an adult. In 1987, Sugar was born to a Jewish family in Silver Spring, Maryland, the 5th most-populated settlement in Maryland (following Baltimore, Columbia, Waldorf and Germantown). She has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards throughout her career. Her primary claims to fame are serving as the show creator of the hit animated series "Steven Universe" (2013-2019), and one of main writers and storyboard artists for the animated series "Adventure Time" (2010-2018). Rebecca left Adventure Time to work on their new show, with their last episode being " Be More."Īt NYCC 2015, during the Adventure Time panel, it was announced that Rebecca Sugar would return to Adventure Time for the "Stakes" miniseries, writing the song " Everything Stays" and playing the role of Marceline's mom.Īt SDCC 2018, Sugar took part in the Adventure Time panel, where it was announced that she had written the song " Time Adventure" for the Adventure Time finale " Come Along With Me".Rebecca Sugar is an American animator, television writer, television producer, and singer-songwriter from Maryland. They are the creator of Steven Universe, a television show Cartoon Network greenlit for production around 2012-2013, making them the first nonbinary cartoon creator in the network's history. 1.1 Temporary returns to Adventure Timeĭeparture from the show and subsequent involvement.1 Departure from the show and subsequent involvement. ![]() |
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