Presti, with the assistance of other distinguished researchers, explores how evidence for anomalous phenomena-such as near-death experiences, apparent memories of past lives, apparitions, experiences associated with death, and other so-called psi or paranormal phenomena, including telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition-can influence the Buddhism-science conversation. In Mind Beyond Brain, the neuroscientist David E. The encounter between these two worldviews has spurred ongoing conversations about what science and Buddhism can teach each other about mind and reality. ![]() For millennia, philosophers, scientists, and religious thinkers have attempted answers, perhaps none more meaningful today than those offered by neuroscience and by Buddhism. This book being unlike anything I've read before made me wonder about the author and I was amazed to find he is a well-know American singer.Among the most profound questions we confront are the nature of what and who we are as conscious beings, and how the human mind relates to the rest of what we consider reality. ![]() This is a deep and thought provoking thriller that races along at a cracking pace and keeps you turning those pages. In his search for greater truths, Hamasa goes into long and dense musings about religion and God, even coming up with his own revised version of The Lords Prayer. The focus of the story, however shifts into an entirely different gear when Hamasa makes a remarkable discovery, involving ancient documents, which sends him on a perilous quest to find answers to ages old questions. However, it is during interrogation that he recounts his life: his early upbringing amongst the Taliban his teenage years in Canada and the crazy antics of his posturing teenage friends, often with tragic consequences how he fell in love, and that is just the start of his extraordinary life. The action begins with the adult Hamasa being interrogated in the USA, by whom or why, we don't initially know. The plot is complex, filled with twists, turns and hidden depths, because despite Hamasa's hard-hitting rants (under interrogation) about society's inequalities, the lure of extremism and radicalisation, fundamentally his is a spiritual journey. This many-layered book is told not only by Hamasa's, but also from the point of view of a Canadian Pakistani girl, called Nayanna. I have to say I've read many books about Afghanistan, by Afghanis, but never from this particular perspective. ~ Dawn Thomas (Reviewer), NetGalleyīlink of an Eye, by John H K Fisher, is a gripping tale that follows the main protagonist, Hamasa from his childhood in Afghanistan, to Canada and then to Pakistan to be trained by the Taliban. It was an enjoyable read and I couldn’t wait to see how it was going to end. There are many religious references but not to any one religion as Hamasa is on his quest. It is fast paced and jumps from different perspectives. This book is written in the third person. He is tired of seeing suffering with the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer and goes on a quest to find the truth. He convinces Hamasa his way of life is the true way and brings him back into the Taliban as a soldier. His grandfather collects him from the wreckage and brings him back to his home. After landing, a bomb explodes at the airport. Hamasa’s grandfather is a Taliban leader.ĭuring a summer vacation when Hamasa is sixteen, he returns to Afghanistan to help rebuild the town. ![]() After an attack, Jaabir gets his family out of the country and they make their way to Canada. His mother, Ameera is the daughter of a Taliban leader. ![]() His father, Jaabir is an Israeli spy posing as a Taliban. Hamasa and his family lived in Afghanistan. The book begins with Hamasa being interrogated by Israeli Intelligence officers in the United States.
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![]() A local four-player multiplayer option is also available. Some equipment types can only be obtained by fusing two different accessories. Certain combinations add additional effects produced by equipment. Equipment assigned to characters can be given special skills, with one piece of equipment having four skill slots. New special abilities for characters are gained by performing side-quests for creatures called Normins scattered through the land. Characters all have unique Support Talents, which range from locating treasure chests to monitoring a characters health, which can be leveled up along with the characters. ![]() A changeable second character accompanies the lead character, and story-relevant or trivial conversations can be started with them. During exploration of the field area between locations and while a specific Seraph character is assigned, the player can execute special commands they are slicing through minor obstacles (all characters), smashing large obstacles (Edna), temporarily shielding themselves from enemy view (Mikleo), igniting special lights in dungeons (Lailah), or teleporting across gaps (Dezel). As in Graces and Tales of Xillia, they are fully voiced. Skits, extra conversations between characters that can be either dramatic or comical, also return their full-body representation of characters is carried over from Tales of Graces. The game's main world employs an open world layout, in contrast to previous entries in the series. Tales of Zestiria is an action role-playing game set in a fantasy world with three-dimensional characters rendered to scale with the areas around them. Despite the praise, it has received criticism from fans in Japan for its handling of the game's characters. It has similarly garnered mixed to positive reviews in the west, with the majority of praise going to the battle system while its story and presentation received a mixed response. It has received positive reviews in Japanese gaming magazines, and shipped over 400,000 units in its first week. Multiple staff members from previous Tales games returned, including producer Hideo Baba, battle programmer Tatsuro Udo, designers Kōsuke Fujishima and Mutsumi Inomata, and composers Motoi Sakuraba and Go Shiina. ![]() The game began development in 2012 as the 20th anniversary title for the Tales series, returning to the series' thematic roots as established in Tales of Phantasia and featuring revamped gameplay systems. "RPG of Passion Lighting the World"), with its story focusing on the passion of the characters. The game's characteristic genre name is Jōnetsu ga sekai o terasu ārupījī ( 情熱が世界を照らすRPG, lit. The story follows Sorey, a young man blessed with powers by a mystical spirit race known as the Seraphim who act as a stabilizing force in the land, as he travels to free the land of Glenwood from the threat of the Hellion, creatures spawned by negative emotions. As with previous entries in the Tales series, the game uses a variation of the action-based Linear Motion Battle System, with additional elements including a navigable open world, and the ability for certain characters to fuse into a single entity in battle to deliver powerful attacks. The PS4 version was released in Japan in July 2016. For Western release in October of the same year, it was also ported to PlayStation 4 and Windows via Steam. It was released in January 2015 in Japan on the PlayStation 3. ![]() It is the fifteenth main entry in the Tales series, developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. Tales of Zestiria ( Japanese: テイルズ オブ ゼスティリア, Hepburn: Teiruzu Obu Zesutiria) is an action role-playing game. residents died from a drug overdose in 2021 about 75% of those deaths involved an opioid, mostly illicit fentanyl. "What problem are they trying to solve with that 30-day limit?" Roy said. He said studies show fears buprenorphine would be misused or diverted were "not a concern." He cited a National Institute on Drug Abuse and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study that found opioid overdose deaths involving buprenorphine didn't increase after remote prescribing was allowed.īecause the studies showed the medication wasn't diverted and buprenorphine deaths didn't increase, Roy sees little purpose for the DEA's proposed rule. ![]() Kevin Roy is chief policy officer with Shatterproof, a nonprofit that addresses addiction treatment. People who live in remote communities without access to a nearby clinic, in particular, could struggle to obtain doses. The agency has not announced when it will release final rules, expected after the public health emergency ends May 11.Īmid rising overdose deaths, experts want to make it easier to get buprenorphineĪdvocates warn the new rule could disrupt access and make it difficult for some to continue recovery from opioid-use disorder. The DEA has said will consider the more than 2,900 public comments as the agency drafts final regulations. In its proposed rule, the agency argues doctors also can order tests such as drug and toxicology screens and check for infectious diseases such as hepatitis. The DEA, which regulates controlled substances such as buprenorphine, said the in-person visit is a necessary compromise that would allow people to still get the medication from a telehealth provider while reducing the likelihood buprenorphine is diverted for illicit purposes. Since 2020, the federal government allowed telehealth providers to prescribe the medication without a medical visit to ensure people could still get it during lockdowns and reduce exposure to COVID. The proposal could change how more than 1 million Americans recovering from addiction can access this opioid-substitute medicine, used to stop cravings and block withdrawal symptoms for opioid-use disorder. ![]() With the public health emergency set to end May 11, the Drug Enforcement Administration proposal would require people to visit a doctor or clinic within 30 days of getting a telehealth prescription for buprenorphine. Watch Video: Cocaine to phone use: How addiction rewires the brainĭoctors and advocates are concerned a federal proposal to roll back a pandemic policy allowing remote prescribing of a common opioid substitute medicine could jeopardize those recovering from addiction. ![]() PPPS - And if you're just a straight up G, tell me all the reasons why this won't work / why your company wouldn't use it. PPS - If you're REALLY feeling helpful, share what your company's mock interview process looks like so we can use it for inspo. Warroom Document Solutions Inc Computer & Equipment Dealers Website. Relativity, a litigation document review and legal technology company. PS - If you're interested in being part of this idea, please vote in the poll. Today, Exterro offers a comprehensive solution on a single unified platform that. If they like what they see, they could fast-track their own process?Īnyway, I didn't know how to prioritize this idea so I need your help, War Room Savages. There's also one other potential benefit: other companies who are hiring could ask for a copy of the recording, so they can see the candidate pitch "live". Candidate: Gets to keep a copy of the recording, can rewatch it to practice and learn.Just gets a summary of the results and the recording. Employer: Saves a lot of money / time. ![]() You: Get paid $500 for your time, get to put on your resume that you're a trained "Sales Expert".Rather than doing it in-house, Google contracts one of you to be the interviewer. Instead, what if we outsourced it to you all? So for example, let's say you're interviewing at Google and are at the Role Play / Mock step. But the process is pretty repetitive, it takes a lot of time (for both the candidate + the internal team who judges / gives feedback) and is an expensive step for the employer. eDiscovery, Trial Support, Document Imaging & Scanning, Litigation Printing & Copying. 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These smaller turbo mills can sometimes tend to return disappointing fuel consumption numbers in hectic city traffic. Renault also claims that it will sip 6.6 litres per 100 km, which we will put to test of the course of the Captur’s stay with us. Renault claims it will sprint from 0 to 100 km/h in 9.6 seconds with a top whack of 196km/h and we have no reason to doubt them. The Renault Captur is powered by a 1.3-litre turbo-petrol engine which produces a very generous 113 kW of power and 270 Nm of torque sent to the front wheels via seven-speed EDC double-clutch gearbox.ĪLSO READ: Scalpels put down as Renault debuts sharpened-up facelift Clio We will use our long term Captur for the purposes most buyers will, like commuting to the office, doing school runs, stopping for groceries and using it to get out of the city for the odd weekend. Now we have been treated to have a Renault Captur in top spec Intens guise as a house guest for the next three months to see how its holds up to life’s little challenges over an extended period. ![]() The new Captur manages to hold its own through some sexy styling, a very nice little turbo engine and heaps of driving pleasure. Long overdue to various hold ups spanning from Covid to chip shortages, the French carmaker could finally roll out the Captur locally last month. One compact SUV that aces this challenge is the new Renault Captur. And as more carmakers either enter or up its game in this space, the more difficult it gets for any of the contenders to really stand out from the crowd. The growth the compact SUV segment has shown over the last few years is quite astonishing.Ī landscape that was once ruled by sedans and hatchbacks are these days flooded with little SUVs in various crossover spin-offs. Freedom fighters against the relationship police. To the writer it feels like they took the idea of resisting the pressure to be in a relationship and treating it like a revolutionary fight of the single peoples right to be single. I'm fine being alone" and pushing back against that peer pressure and reveling in your singleness and lack of all of the problems relationships bring. ![]() The writer takes that idea and runs with it and invents a world where society literally forces you into relationships, or else turns you into an animal (of your choice).Īnd the second half of the story is the writer asserting their own independence and saying "I don't need anybody in order to be happy. Wes Anderson to Direct Roald Dahl's 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,' Starring Benedict Cumberbatch By Rachel Leishman Published Anderson hive, get ready Image via Netflix. I imagine the writers thought process went along the lines of: The first half of the movie is all of your friends and family that can't believe you're alone and oh my god how can you not be with someone? And you feel this pressure to be with someone just to shut your friends and family up. Happiness lay in finding a compromise between individualism, and sharing your life with another. ![]() And people who are loners that think everybody in a relationship is a chump.īoth perspectives have some validity but as with most extremes, both are unpleasant ways to live. About the book: WHAT if you stumbled upon a boy who could talk to animals WHY is a hitchhiker both a saviour. People who can't exist as individuals and literally can't live alone and need to be in a relationship at all times. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is one of Roald Dahl’s more heartening pieces that was published in 1977 along with a collection of six other short stories. ![]() I interpret it as a reflection on two extremes. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More To Build a Fire Switch Bitch The Twits The Hitchhiker The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant Georges Marvellous. After winning the rights to the Roald Dahl catalog, Netflix is rolling out the cast for its first film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More. its about a man who can see with his eyes closed and he learns this power through an. Latest Discussions The Super Mario Bros Movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves John Wick: Chapter 4 Renfield Keanu Reeves Tobey Maguire The story the wonderful story of henry sugar is the best out of all. The Big List of Movie-Related Subreddits.The existence and masses of these new particles may provide valuable information to help understand the pattern of fermion masses, and physics beyond the Standard Model.Our Full Rules and Wiki Filter Posts by Link FlairĬlick 'spoiler' after posting something to give it a spoiler tag! The post will then be hidden like this.įor leaked info about upcoming movies, twist endings, or anything else spoileresque, please use the following method: I have read about Kuda Bux (Khudah Baksh), the man who inspired him to write the story. For the next twenty years, Henry travels the world winning fortunes at casinos and sending it to his personal accountant in Switzerland. ![]() This patient, who called himself 'The Man Who Sees Without Using His Eyes', had the ability to see even after the doctors had medically sealed the mans eyes shut and. The narrator, on advice from friends, decides to vacation in Jamaica. 'The wonderful tale of Henry Sugar and six more' Dahl claims the story to be true, further the name of the man isnt revealed, and the name 'Henry Sugar' is used. Henry Sugar, an independently wealthy man who enjoys gambling, finds and reads a doctors report on a strange patient the doctor met while stationed at a hospital in India. The Standard Model provides no prediction for fermion masses and does not exclude new generations of fermions. This is a first-person fiction piece of medium-length writing. The Z bosons were produced in electon-positron annihilations at the SLAC Linear Collider operating in the center-of-mass energy range from 89.2 to 93.0 GeV. Searches for the decay of Z bosons into pairs of new quarks and leptons in a data sample including 455 hadronic Z decays are presented. ![]() How do those have an inherent, fixed, no-fiat-needed value but shadow blade does not. All kinds of curses that would make no sensible creature give you money for them. There are magic items which instantly kill you if you attune to them. There are magic items which vanish upon single use. I will maintain that it's exactly as sensible as saying that a magic weapon has no value because it doesn't have one explicitly listed, so for the sake of consistency I'd ask any DM who goes with that reading to not allow those to work either. If they miss riposte the little shit for the sheer audacity. Now we simply walk away and wait for their opportunity attack with disadvantage. Nothing in the extra attack feature across any mention in phb or dmg says anything about the need to use the same weapon for every attack, RAW does not require that attacks come from the same weapon or hand, nor does it even imply that an attack made with a weapon in either hand is inherently superior or inferior.īooming blade with a short sword and trip attack: 1d6+dex+1d6 piercing+2d8 thunder This time bladesinger's level 4 asi will be for warcaster. Vuman with martial adept for trip attack and riposte, bladesinger 6, and gloomstalker 3 again The convenience is that your bonus action is free for an offhand attack They will either stand up and take 3d8 damage or they will eat a lot of attacks and accomplish very little as they have disadvantage and all melee attackers have disadvantage Vuman with martial adept for trip attack and quick toss, Bladesinger 6 with gunner feat (Don't care about guns but it lets you fight ranged within 5 feet like cbe and it's a half feat), Gloomstalker ranger 3įirst round booming blade with trip attack, two regular attacks with advantage because they are prone, the second of which has an extra d8, and quick toss the shadowblade as a bonus actionīooming blade+trip: 2d8+dex+1d6 psychic +2d8 thunder I can definitely see how this could be interpreted the other way though, and it's really a matter of do you take printed RAW over digital RAW, and that's really a matter for your DM to answer.Ĭrawford says shadowblade ought to work with booming blade and that it not working is an unintended consequence of fixing the cantrips' other issues so we will start with the Crawford RAI method, then move on for the "Crawford can DM how he wants but rules is rules" crowd.įor this we will assume the DM lets you cast shadow blade at initiative because it works out ![]() He agreed with me that the rules seemed to indicate that it was possible, and he would allow it. I presented this exact set of evidence to my DM and asked for his ruling on if my Bladesinger could use blade cantrips using Shadow Blade. As DnD Beyond has been updated since Tasha's was released, this becomes the "most recent published version." RAW are supposed to follow the "most recent published version" of the rule in question. Sage Advice does not specifically address this combination of spells. DnD Beyond lists "a weapon" as a material component. Tasha's, the most recent print publication with the blade cantrips, states a weapon worth more than 1 silver piece is a required component. 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Aid other tabletop gamers in creating interesting or devastating characters. I make it by further enabling software rendering (Graphics -> Debugging -> software rendering (experimental)) You can see that the play screen is centered properly. The correct display behavior is shown in gradiusGaidenSoftwareRendering.png. Both have buffered rendering (the default setting) and simulate block transfer enabled (I need to check it under Graphics -> Rendering Mode). (06-08-2014 02:28 AM)tylau0 Wrote: Please see the attached screenshots for details. For the PSP version, cooperative multiplayer (in which both players play at the same time, as in the Parodius and Salamander series) was removed and suffers from lag at certain parts.The display problem in Gradius Gaiden has been solved in ppsspp-v0.9.8-1275-g413704f. ![]() Gradius Gaiden never initially saw availability outside of Japan (in which it was released three times, initial release, Playstation The Best and PS One Books) until the release of the PlayStation Portable compilation, Gradius Collection, in 2006 for North America and PAL regions. It is based on the Spread Gun that is yielded by Pentaro in Parodius Da! and every title afterward. Its laser weapon is the gravity bullet, which is a newcomer to the Gradius series but is present in several earlier Parodius titles. ![]() It also has a three-way limited range shot called Auto-Aiming, that fires a second shot within the angles of 0 to 180. The Falchion has two way missile called a rolling missile, which tumbles to the ground where it splits and shoots both left and right. The pulse laser is a two or three pronged burst laser, similar to the twin laser in previous titles.įalchion Beta: This ship's weapons are variations on well known themes. The round laser, the most unusual weapon presented in this game, fires concentric rings of laser origination. This ship has two different kinds of lasers available: round and pulse. Its missile, the spread bomb is a carry-over from Gradius II. Jade Knight: Eponymously, every weapon this ship has is tinted green, including the options. On the easier difficulties, the more troublesome boss attacks are removed and the number of enemies on-screen is reduced.Ī level select option (which allows you to start on any stage you've been to, as well as the loop the stage is in) and free play mode (which gives you unlimited credits) can be unlocked by beating the game on normal mode without using any continues and by accumulating at least 10 hours of game time, respectively. The difficulty level can also be adjusted from 'easiest' up to 'hardest', for a total of seven difficulty levels. The option whether to use a male or female announcer is also on the Options menu. The player can re-arrange the power-ups on the power-up gauge before gameplay begins as well as change the default arrangement on the Options menu. The other is called 'Limit' and gives complete invulnerability and lasts for three seconds. One is called 'Guard', which attaches to the top and bottom of the craft and renders the player immune to physical obstacle collisions. These power-ups are permanent until the player is destroyed, even if he switches between the Double and Laser powerups. In a slight carryover from Salamander 2, Missile, Double and Laser weapons can be additionally powered up one level. However, the player can select from several ships, each with a unique weapon configuration. Laser, the Reduce size shield, option types, are all items that have been removed in the transition from Gradius III to this title. Moreover, several changes were made on the weapons system. However, two new ships are made available whose weapon configurations are new to the series. The core gameplay of Gradius Gaiden remains relatively unchanged. ![]() Four pairs of wings now head for the inky depths of the galaxy, with the fate of Gradius resting on their shoulders. The military commanders of Gradius, out of options, played their last card - a strike by four new hyper-space fighters at the heart of the enemy invasion, the center of the Black Nebula. The military forces of Gradius, accustomed to the long era of peace, suffered defeat after defeat, and the unknown invasion force soon loomed over the planet Gradius itself. And not long after an exploration vessel disappeared in the nebula, nearby planets and colonies began falling prey to attacks by unknown forces. Long feared as the “Expanse of Darkness,” the Black Nebula was an area of mystery and terror, and all were forbidden to pass near it. The people of Gradius rebuilt their civilization to new heights of prosperity during a long era of peace, but the nightmare returned once more. At the end of the third Bacterion war, the planet Gradius was freed from the terror of obliteration as the core of the Bacterion forces was destroyed. ![]() Similarly, some light was found even in the middle of the night. Darkness still existed in shadowed areas and indoor spaces on even the brightest days. Similar observations could have led some people to conclude that daylight and darkness were not entirely at odds with one another. This likely led early Greek people to surmise that the light came from the air, or aether, while the sun only provided additional brightness and warmth. When clouds obscured the sky and the sun was not visible, there was still daylight. The separation between brightness, time of day, and the celestial gods was probably inspired by observation. The Greeks, however, made the god of darkness a powerful presence that was not necessarily threatening. Many ancient religions believed that if the sun god, or more rarely the sun goddess, was ever defeated or captured, darkness would descend over everything. Unlike many other ancient cultures, the Greeks did not believe that daylight was derived solely from the sun. ![]() Immediately after death, the souls of the deceased passed through a dark region of Erebus. Later writers also named Erebus as a location within the realm of Hades. According to some stories, the far western edge of the world, where the sun set, was the eternal realm of Erebus. She and Nyx shared their time across the world, creating the cycle of day and night.Įrebus was present at night, but he also had his own land. Hemera pushed her parents to the edges of the world. She and her brother brought the first light, although there was no sun yet, and spread it across the sky. Their first daughter was Hemera, the goddess of the day. He filled the space between Gaia and Uranus. Their first son was Aether, the god of light air. ![]() Unlike Gaia, their first offspring were also formless primordial beings. The newly-formed universe was shrouded in complete darkness.Įrebus and Nyx came together and made several children. While the primordial deities came into being, Erebus encompassed everything. While Uranus and Gaia were opposites who eventually needed to be kept separate from one another, Erebus and Nyx complimented each other and were inseparable. While Uranus and Gaia, the heavens and the earth, were paired together, Erebus was born alongside his sister Nyx. The primordial deities were the first things to emerge from the mass of Chaos.Īccording to many versions of the Greek creation story, the primordial gods existed in pairs. This also meant that he was one of the oldest gods. While the Titans and Olympians were seen as largely human in appearance and character, the primordial gods were inseparable from their elemental nature. This meant that he did not have a definite form. The Primordial God of DarknessĮrebus was one of the primordial gods in Greek mythology. By establishing the first and most basic cycle, they laid the foundations for the Greek view of natural laws and proper order. Instead, these elemental beings worked in harmony with one another. Unlike many other mythologies, the Greeks did not see the god of darkness as a threatening figure to the god of light. The Greek creation story was relatively unique in that it did not immediately pair off the ideas of light and darkness or make them the same as day and night. Alongside them were born Nyx, the goddess of night, and Erebus, the Greek god of darkness. They were not the only early elemental beings, however. Emerging from Chaos, figures like Gaia, Uranus, and Tartarus laid the foundation for the world as the Greek people saw it. In Greek cosmology, the first beings to come into existence were the primordial gods. |