![]() Find wooden and tufted pieces with hidden storage to complete your bedroom decor. It is a sturdy, well-built bed that I believe will last us many years. Dream away with a headboard, bed frame, or daybed from Urban Outfitters. I can’t say enough about its construction. ![]() It is an attractive bed that doesn’t overpower your bedroom it will compliment your other bedroom furniture very well. The ratchet tool was also a nice bonus which helped speed up the assembly, and allowed you to get into tighter areas and still tighten the bolts easily. The instructions to put the bed together were well written and easy to follow. Everything fit in the back of the headboard, and was well packed and padded. Youll find the right size bed frame for your bed, in styles like scalloped. The bed frame is available in king, queen, and full.Ĭustomer review: “The packing of the Zinus bed was excellent. Choose from metal bed frames, velvet beds, leather beds. Artisan-upholstered frame, hand-sewn in soft velvet fabric, hand-applied iron nailhead & button tufting highlight ingenuity in a luxurious way. Shop modern beds & headboards including upholstered beds, platform beds, canopy beds & more. The sturdy bed has wood slats to support your traditional mattress or bed-in-a-box. Grand and glamorous, our king bed frame features elegant tall wingback headboard & deep diamond tufted footboard, stealing spotlight in your bedroom decor. This classic upholstered headboard and bed frame is timeless and elegant, and the neutral shade lends itself to just about any color scheme you can imagine. But, hey, what do you expect for the cheapest freaking bed available. When you lay a single pillow on it there isn’t that much room above, it would be nice if the headboard were a few inches taller. The only thing that could be improved is the headboard is a bit low. If it looks like the headboard curves in the picture, it doesn’t-it’s flat. The bed has a soft touch all around which I wanted and love. ![]() And I’m just going to say it because it needs to be said: No squeaky noises when you’re trying to make a muffin in the oven. Best folding bed frame KD Frames Fold Platform Bed (Queen) 209 Style: Traditional Material: Wood Price: Easy assembly is one thing, but imagine being able to put away a bed frame. $200 for a king size platform bed, including shipping. Coaster Home Furnishings Deanna Eastern King Tufted Upholstered Bed Black Platform 5.0 (1) 1,23422 FREE delivery Usually ships within 2 to 3 days. These frames are comfortable for leaning up against to read in bed and add a. The bed is available in black or cognac, and can fit a twin, full, queen, or king bed.Ĭustomer review: “Out of everything I bought for my new apartment, this is probably the single purchase I am happiest about. An upholstered bed frame is elegant, yet adds a lot of comfort to the bedroom. This minimalist frame is made of steel, foam padding, and faux leather, all of which come together for a sleek and modern look. Flash Furniture Riverdale King Size Tufted Upholstered Platform Bed in Black Fabric.
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![]() Pick one of the 5 lists: Romance, February, Flowers, Candy, or Love.How to Play Valentine’s Day Scattergories An alphabet die or our printed letter squares.Printed Valentine’s Day Scattergories lists.This bundle comes with over 80 pages of fun for one incredible price. Looking for more fun Valentine’s Day activities to do with friends and family? You will want to grab our ultimate Valentine’s Day bundle loaded with all kinds of fun activities to help you connect with the ones you love! Use these fun activities at home or in the classroom. So put on your thinking cap and get creative! More Valentine’s Fun! You score points by coming up with an answer that no one else has. You choose a letter at the beginning of each round and fill out your category list with answers that begin with that letter. Scattergories is a classic fun and fast-paced word game. So grab your free Valentine’s Day Scattergories printable, your family, and gather around the table loads of fun and lots of love! What is Scattergories Valentine’s Day Scattergories is an easy way to focus on love and everything related to Valentine’s Day. ![]() With 5 themed lists, you can have endless hours of fun! I love how versatile scattergories is because you can play each round over and over with different letters. After seeing how much my kids loved Christm a s Scattergories and Thanksgiving Scattergories, I decided to make a Valentine’s Day Scattegories to keep the fun going! To add to our Valentine’s day celebrations, I am always looking for fun things to do with my family. I love filling the month of February with love, friendship, and family fun! It’s the perfect time to drink lots of pink hot chocolate and play Valentine’ s day bingo. Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate. Looking to add some competition to your Valentine’s day? Valentine’s Day Scattegories is an entertaining game to play together as a family! ![]() I wonder why,” linking to a New York Times op-ed about patients suffering from other ailments, such as heart attacks, appearing at hospitals in smaller numbers than usual. This theory has been propagated by everyone from conspiracy theorist David Icke (who is most notable for his endorsement of the idea that the world is controlled by a cabal of “reptilian elites,” or lizard people) to far-right figure Candace Owens, who tweeted on April 6th: “Turns out everyone is only dying of Coronavirus now. One such theory making the rounds on social media is the idea that death certificates have been knowingly manipulated by medical examiners to inflate the number of COVID-19 deaths, part of a larger right-wing talking point that the government is using the pandemic as an excuse to infringe on American rights. In this context, the proliferation of conspiracy theories downplaying the dangers of the virus is sadly unsurprising, though disheartening and dangerous nonetheless. His next book is “ Hero’s Dose: The Case For Psychedelics in Ritual and Therapy.In the midst of an unprecedented global coronavirus pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, it can be hard to make sense of the destruction COVID-19 has wrought. Stay in touch with Derek on Twitter, Facebook and Substack. “What are you going to do? I already have autism.” “It builds immunity it’s called microdosing. Following that statement, she stares out into the crowd to ask if they understand why she would eat the bluster of haters. Gadsby is ready for the vitriol certain to come her way for exposing the public to basic science. “Douglas” is a masterful piece of common sense propaganda. One group is Informed Consent Action Network, an anti-vax organization run by a former television producer that specifically targets Orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn and Rockland County. The funding for this effort was provided by a wealthy Manhattan couple that has donated over $3 million to anti-vax organizations. In March, 2019 over 275 cases of measles were confirmed in New York state. The situation was so bad, the Samoan government declared a state of emergency and banned children under the age of 17 from gathering publicly.Īnti-vax rhetoric also hit Orthodox Jewish communities hard last year. ![]() An anti-vax advocate promoted the use of papaya leaf for treating measles he was later arrested. The result: over 4,000 children were infected with measles last fall. ![]() Recently anti-vax rhetoric has rooted in Samoa. Two case studies: Samoa and Orthodox Judaism. As Gadsby says, anti-vaxxers are coordinated. Her book was published by a house whose sole focus is promoting anti-vaccination rhetoric. Then there’s Judy Mikovits, the subject of the discredited film, “ Plandemic,” whose book became a bestseller after the film’s release. Osteopath Joseph Mercola’s net worth has grown to over $100 million as he promotes his products to anti-vaxxers. His objective appears to have been financial from day one. Discredited physician Andrew Wakefield, who was paid to falsify data in his infamous measles vaccine-autism study, filed a patent for a single-jab measles vaccine as the same time he was decrying vaccines. Far from being a posture on Twitter, this mindset has real-world consequences.įirst, there’s the economic angle. You’ve wrapped yourself up so tightly in a belief system that self-righteousness has become your creed. Believing your child is more important than all other children means you’re not playing for the team. “I would rather have autism than be a sociopath like you.” Text on a screen will never compare to Gadsby’s delivery: the crescendo of “polio,” the playful yet serious expression on her face when delivering this information. Polio is bad, and that is a fact, not a feeling.” And it’s particularly nice to have this life in a world without polio. “As difficult as this life is, it’s nice to have a life. That said, Gadsby brilliantly advocates for autism. It’s difficult to always be the odd one out. That doesn’t mean having autism is easy quite the contrary. She then pretends vaccines cause autism, although “pretending is not science.” She’s not upset about being on the spectrum. ![]() The HeroQuest computer game, forcing Sierra On-Line to rename their Hero's Quest series to Quest for Glory. There was also a blank quest map printed in the middle of the original game's quest booklet for creative players to make their own adventures.ġ991 saw the first computer adaption released. The basic concept is the same: four heroes venture into a dungeon to fight monsters and gain treasure, but the rules are more detailed and complex.Īgainst the Ogre Horde was released in 1990 in Europe and Australasia, and included Ogres, a more powerful monster type, while Wizards of Morcar was released in 1991, themed around the addition of enemy wizards.Ī HeroQuest Adventure Design Kit was released in Europe in 1990, containing items to help players design their own quests, and an Adventure Design Booklet was published with four sheets of adhesive labels and with an 80-page pad of a new design, larger character sheet. Released shortly after in the same years was Return of the Witch Lord which extended the undead with more skeletons, mummies and zombies.Īdvanced HeroQuest was a revised and expanded version of the HeroQuest game released in 1989 by Games Workshop. Kellar's Keep added new quests, new items and artifacts and a further batch of monster figures (more Orcs, Goblins and Fimir). Starting with Kellar's Keep, released in Europe and Australasia in 1989, and North America in 1991. The publication of expansion sets was then split between the European and Australasian markets and the North American markets. My feeling is that they play in a very competitive, rather co-operative way." In a 1989 interview, designer Stephen Baker agreed that the game was too easy if the players all cooperated, but explained that "The game is really aimed at 10–12 year olds who play with their mums and dads. The protagonists are four heroes ("Barbarian", "Dwarf", "Elf" and "Wizard") who face a selection of monsters: Orcs, Goblins, Fimir, Chaos Warriors, a Chaos Warlock (which represents many of the named characters for the various quests, such as Sir Ragnar and the Witch Lord), a Gargoyle and a number of Undead: skeletons, zombies and mummies. The game consists of a board and a number of individual miniatures and items. The game was released in Britain, Europe and Australia in 1989, and the North American edition, with a different subtitle - Game system, in 1990. The result was the fantasy adventure board game HeroQuest (1989), in which the players work together against the gamemaster. Basker contacted his former employer, Games Workshop, to develop the plastic miniatures that would be needed in the game, but he then decided to draw on their expertise in the fantasy game field to help develop the game. Kennedy gave him the go-ahead if he kept the game simple. ![]() In the late 1980s, game designer Stephen Baker moved from Games Workshop (GW) to Milton Bradley, and convinced Roger Ford, Milton Bradley's head of development to allow him to develop a fantasy genre game. ![]() HeroQuest Advanced Quest Edition (Europe) Return of the Witch Lord (Europe & Australasia)Īgainst the Ogre Horde (Europe & Australasia) Several expansions were released, each adding new tiles, traps, artifacts, and monsters to the core system.Ī crowdfunded remake of the board game was released in 2021. The game manual describes Morcar/Zargon as a former apprentice of Mentor, and the parchment text is read aloud from Mentor's perspective. The game was loosely based around archetypes of fantasy role-playing games: the game itself was actually a game system, allowing the gamemaster (called " Morcar" and "Zargon" in the United Kingdom and North America respectively) to create dungeons of their own design using the provided game board, tiles, furnishings and figures. Use these in combination with spells to avoid the Wandering Monster and move into a scoring position while gaining the fewest Injury tokens.HeroQuest, sometimes written as Hero Quest, is an adventure board game created by Milton Bradley in conjunction with the British company Games Workshop. ![]() A stack of Magical Items, such as a Ring of Spell Storing and Wand of Fireballs, is located at the entrance to the cave. However, Wizards are not totally defenseless. Each Wandering Monster has their own unique ability, capable of forcing a wizard to move around the board, lose gold, or even take an Injury Token. Encounter all your favorite classic D&D creatures, such as Mimics, Umber Hulks, and Beholders. He escorted governors to their new posts and met with cheering crowds. In reality he just marched his troops through as ceremony. ![]() With five legions, he crossed the Danube and "conquered" the lands of the two pacified tribes. Nerva's successor, Trajan, kept Nerva's promise of the annexation. Whilst the arrangements for this annexation were being made, Nerva died.ĬCMLI A.U.C. Two tribes immediately across the Danube volunteered to become provinces (effects of earlier Romanization), these were the Quadi and Sarmati mentioned earlier. Nerva, in exchange for their cooperation in his scheme, promised to physically take control of more territory directly, to relieve the strain on the Germanic kingdoms. In this allied state they proved to be effective in holding back onslaughts of tribes on their borders. This was a coalition of all five Germanic kingdoms. Seeing a positive and growing trend, Nerva decided to create a Foederatii Germanii. It did have a connection to Rome through two other tribes however, the Quadi, and the Sarmati. One tribe, the Carpi, had been romanized through the Vandali, and had even set up its own kingdom isolated from the Empire but still allied to it even out in the center of Europe. 98 A.D.):īy the time of the Emperor Nerva, three more major tribes had been cultivated into well Romanized groups. Many Roman citizens and Romanized Germans were sent into the lands on the far side of the Danube to help in its pacification.ĬCMLXIX A.U.C. The Regnum Vandalii came into existence after increased contact with the northerly tribes of the Vandals, and established itself just over the Albis to the east-southeast. The only factor that kept war from breaking out between them were the Hermunduri in the southwest who were well armed and trained by the Romans and who would have been willing to take over their territories if they had left their frontiers undefended. Although loyal to Rome, they were never friendly to each other. The two kingdoms became client states of Rome, with Regnum Teutonii in the immediate north and the Regnum Saxonii to the northeast. Eventually the Teutones were left with the uppermost parts of the region while the Saxones moved east-southeast into the lands of the vanquished Semnones. The Teutones and Semnones fought viciously with the Saxones for control of northern Germania. In the time after the creation of the Area Hermundurii all the major tribes surrounding Roman Germany became increasingly Romanized. As their reward, Augustus declared they should have an autonomous province, which he ceded from Roman territory, the tribes subsequently proved loyal to the Imperium throughout the history of the province. ![]() ![]() ![]() He was subsequently handed over to the Romans by the leaders of the Hermunduri as a traitor. This led to Arminius, when he attempted to lead a revolt of the Cherusci tribe against Rome, being captured and by the German tribes. While the Germans were lukewarm towards Roman rule they accepted the Romanization of their culture. 6 A.D.)ĭuring Augustus' reign the Romanization of Germania was successful and the lands up to the Albis were pacified. N.B.- some dates have a small addendum beginning with "I.E.", these are important events that take place on or around the date to which they are attached.ĭCCXLI A.U.C. When Augustus Caesar (Octavian) sent troops to conquer Germania, but failed. The point of divergence (POD) is roughly 12 B.C. For those not familiar with Roman numerals, they are as follows: M=1000, D=500, C=100, L=50, X=10, V=5, I=1. AUC is the Roman year, HC is the Hebrew calendar year, AD is the Christian calendar, and MC is the Muslim calendar. Here is the alternate course of Rome as I think it would have developed. 5.3.1 Begin Pescennians (Syrian Despotate). ![]() The standout features of Mint are the customizable budgets and alerts. ![]() Simply plug your bank login information into the app, and your financial activity will import to Mint. With the Mint app, all of your banking activity is easily integrated through your bank login. These features are helpful for tracking multiple credit cards, paying monthly bills, managing debt and growing your net worth. The app provides several features to monitor and analyze your personal finances, including personalized insights, customizable budgets and subscription monitoring. 1 most downloaded personal finance app, Mint is an excellent budgeting app choice for the everyday consumer. ![]() The Empower app is available for both iOS and Android.Īdvertised by its parent company Intuit as the No. Read our 5 Best Investment Apps For Managing Your Portfolio. From there, the app will gather information to produce a full financial picture. Getting started with the app is simple-all users need to do is link bank accounts, credit cards, student loans, mortgages and other line items from their budget. Empower also has a desktop version, giving users a multiplatform option for managing their finances. The list of features may sound overwhelming, but the app is easy to use. All of these tools give detailed insights into your current financial picture, while also helping you plan for the future. It also has excellent advisory tools, including an investment checkup, investment fee analyzer, financial planning, cash flow tracking, education cost planning and real time net worth tracking. The app has several savings tools designed to help build retirement savings and emergency funds, and pay down debt. Empower gives a holistic view of customers’ entire financial picture, from day-to-day spending to tracking portfolio performance. Empower (formerly Personal Capital) earns the top spot on our best budgeting apps list for its outstanding reporting options, desktop capabilities, investment management platform and spending tracking. ![]() Emissions derived from industry estimates suggest that just 3Gg of carbon tetrachloride are released globally every year. It plays a major role in destroying ozone, and is practically banned under the Montreal Protocol. A new study reveals the likely sources.Īs well as depleting ozone, carbon tetrachloride (CCl 4 or CTC) is a greenhouse gas and carcinogenic in high concentrations. One ozone-depleting substance – carbon tetrachloride – has measured emissions far outweighing reported emissions. Since 2010 – 21 years after the agreement was signed by 197 parties – levels of stratospheric ozone have stabilized, and there are signs of recovery for the Antarctic ozone hole. The Montreal Protocol is a spectacular environmental success story. 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Presented in a unique hybrid of live-action and graphic novel-style animation. A major secret about the task force falls into the wrong hands. Here is the synopsis: 'Red and Cooper square off with conflicting endgames for their mutual traitor. 2.' The new episode airs on Friday, May 27, at 8 pm ET/PT on NBC. In this season finale, "The Task Force investigates an accountant who works for lucrative criminals in order to find the violent and thuggish brothers hired for his protection. The Blacklist is wrapping it up for the season with a finale titled 'Marvin Gerard: Conclusion Pt. That's certainly a novel solution to this problem, and while I have no real interest in this show, I salute the creators for thinking outside the box. Cast members recorded dialogue from their homes for the animated scenes to ensure a seamless transition between the two styles as editors and animators complete their work remotely. Also, many of them are connected to the subject of Raymond Reddington’s identity. Looking to do something out of the box to finish the episode and close out the season, producers came up with an idea to add graphic novel-style animation that would incorporate with the already filmed live-action scenes. The Blacklist season 8 finale: Is Raymond Reddington really Katarina The Blacklist JAs we now approach The Blacklist season 8 finale airing on NBC next week, there are obviously a LOT of theories. Season 9 of The Blacklist ended with a Season 1 Blacklister, Wujing, discovering Red is an FBI informant. ![]() The season's 19 th episode, titled "The Kazanjian Brothers," was midway into filming in New York when TV productions across the industry were halted due to COVID-19. The ending of The Blacklist is up in the air as fans await the final season. ![]() Now that the man who orchestrated Liz Keen’s murder is dead, the show will have to move past. What makes this season finale extra interesting is its format: a combination of animation and live-action. Raymond and the team took a break from hunting down Wujing on The Blacklist Season 10 Episode 3, and while that sort of made sense, it also felt odd. The Blacklist (Almost) Reveals Red's Identity Ahead of Season 8 Finale America's Got Talent Recap: A Quick-Change Artist Captures Heidi Klum's Golden Buzzer in Week 5 - Watch Video Just. The Blacklist Season 9 finale finally gave fans a hint as to what season 10 could be about. After eight seasons, The Blacklist bid adieu to the rookie FBI agent-turned-criminal in the June 23 season finale of the series, just over a week after it was announced that Megan Boone would. ![]() ![]() Įarly versions of the software did not support working in preview mode and users needed to have two windows open on their desktop in order to have a live preview of their work. īyte in 1989 listed Illustrator 88 as among the "Distinction" winners of the Byte Awards, stating that with it Adobe had "pulled ahead" of previously industry-dominant competitor Aldus FreeHand. Illustrator 88, the product name for version 1.7, was released in 1988 and introduced many new tools and features. Early magazine advertisements (featured in graphic design trade magazines such as Communication Arts) referred to the product as "the Adobe Illustrator". Photoshop is primarily geared toward digital photo manipulation and photorealistic styles of computer illustration, while Illustrator provides results in the typesetting and logo graphic areas of design. Adobe Illustrator is the companion product of Adobe Photoshop. History Versions 1–1.6 (Illustrator 88) ĭevelopment of Adobe Illustrator for the Apple Macintosh began in 1985 (shipping in January 1987) as a commercialization of Adobe's in-house font development software and PostScript file format. Adobe Illustrator was reviewed as the best vector graphics editing program in 2021 by PC Magazine. The latest version, Illustrator 2023, was released on October 18, 2022, and is the 27th generation in the product line. Along with Creative Cloud (Adobe's shift to monthly or annual subscription service delivered over the Internet), Illustrator CC was released. Originally designed for the Apple Macintosh, development of Adobe Illustrator began in 1985. ![]() Windows 10 and macOS 10.12 Sierra and laterĪdobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor and design program developed and marketed by Adobe Inc. ![]() You can read our full review of the game through here. The Atun’s Folly update is live now across all platforms. The Falconeer is available now on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC. Alongside the update, there is also a trailer giving you a look at what to expect. ![]() Like the Kraken update mentioned above, this was free of charge to all versions of the game. ![]() It will see a new pirate settlement where players can receive missions and raid Imperium’s traders. Now, there’s more, and it seems to include a pirate’s life.Ī new update has now been released for the game, called Atun’s Folly. It’s been doing a good job of getting updates as well, including the free Kraken update the end of last year. The game saw you in high-flying situations as you rode a giant falcon in the sky. One of those on the Xbox side was The Falconeer. It supports Smart Delivery, so if you don’t or can’t get an Xbox Series X or Series S right away, you can play the game on Xbox One and upgrade to the next-gen version for free later.There were many games that came with the launch of new generation consoles in November of last year ranging from small scale indie titles to mainstream hits. The Falconeer takes flight on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S on November 10th. The opening credits include the names of a few other folks who handled things like music, sound design and voice recording, but otherwise this is Sala’s work. Take your armed aerial mount to the skies as you explore a bleak and hauntingly beautiful world, filled with wonderous locations and warmongering rival factions vying for the mysterious secrets hidden at the Ursee's unfathomable depths. What’s most impressive about The Falconeer is that it’s largely the work of a single developer, Tomas Sala. The Falconeer is an airborne ocean-world fantasy RPG set in The Great Ursee. Even just looking at the various outposts reveals a ton about this world, in which it’s clear people desperately scrambled to create a home on whatever land seemed like it’d remain after the flood. The evolving demo of Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles will see live demo updates based on real-time feedback as the developer lifts the lid on his development and utilizes the passionate community of the game to help him craft his vision, with the game on the show and playable much earlier than traditional campaigns. The factions all have their own wants, needs and histories to discover. The early chapters lay the foundations of a seemingly absorbing story, even if it seems a bit dense at first. I have to give credit to the world-building here. There always seems to be a new location to discover. There’s one area that’s especially stunning, a chasm in the middle of the map that I can’t resist dive bombing into whenever I’m close by. Simply traveling across the landscape of The Great Ursee is a delight. It's always worth taking time to explore The Great Ursee in The Falconeer. Using an ocean thermal to thrust yourself up into the sky is always a blast, and practicing diving, dodging and barrel rolls is fun too. Once you find the right rhythm, though, the movement feels great. It takes a little getting used to, since you’ll need to soar and swoop down to build up a meter so you can fly faster. There’s flight stick support as well, which could make guiding your warbird through the dogfighting sequences a bit easier. Luckily, you have allies you can point towards a target, which helped a ton while I got to grips with the combat mechanics. I found it tricky to get the hang of and my initial mid-air battles seemed to last much longer than they should, despite a fairly solid targeting system. The one thing I’m not totally sold on yet is the combat. There’s just enough variety in the missions to keep them interesting, but I hope there’ll be even more to do in later chapters. There are even some races for you to tackle. You can take on a variety of missions for them, such as escort tasks, supply runs, spying and multi-stage assignments. There are multiple factions spread out across this world. The animations and character design are spot on - you’ll come across several eye-catching creatures on your adventures. Calm waters morph into stormy, rolling waves and back again in the space of a few minutes. There are dramatic weather effects to keep your journeys interesting. The setting is The Great Ursee, a world that has been devastated by flooding. |