![]() There are two songs on this compilation from the band's third album, The Story of a Young Heart, which was released in 1984. Lyrically there is more going on and there is a depth not present in "I Ran" and "Telecommunication." The main thing keeping "Wishing" connected to the other songs on the disk in theme and style are the interlacing bridges delivered by the keyboard between verse and chorus. In both singles, the electro-synth is less the focus and they have a light romantic feel. Though "I Ran (So Far Away)" is the song first thought of in conjunction with A Flock of Seagulls, "Space Aged Love Song" (which was featured in the Adam Sandler movie The Wedding Singer) and "Wishing (I Had a Photograph of You)" are better constructed and have a nicer flow and sound. Hearing it again now, it seems very typical of the genre and time, but I remember seeing the low-budget video back in '82 and thinking the sound was different than anything currently coming from my radio. The song quickly ascended to the top ten, though ironically, it didn't even break the top 40 in England. In 1982, the second single and the song they will forever be remembered for, "I Ran (So Far Away)", hit both American radio and MTV and as with so many other bands of the early '80s, success on the up and coming Music Video Channel translated to radio success. It's just as light on profound lyrics as it is heavy on the digitalized beat. To me, it's almost as if the song is a bridge between the disco of the '70s and the early electonica that began in the '80s. ![]() "Telecommunication," also on the band's first self-titled album, is beat heavy and, like all of their music, all synthesized. It did garner them enough attention to be picked up as an opening act on Squeeze's American tour. The band's first single was actually released on an EP 1981, and became an underground hit in dance clubs in the group's native England, not surprising given the up-tempo danceable beat. ![]() Their sound, comprised of electronic drums and synthesizers, put a new face on European alternative music and when MTV picked up on them and their single "I Ran (So Far Away)" it was the beginning of what would be a relatively short-lived run. But the look was not the only distinct thing about the group. It may not surprise you to learn founding members Mike Score, with his blond swooping tresses, and his brother Ali were hairdressers before they formed the band in Liverpool, England in 1979. WHERE: House of Independents, 572 Cookman Ave.The first thing you might remember when you think of the early '80s synth rock band A Flock of Seagulls is the band members' hairstyles. I look back at that period and I can’t help but smile since I was not a trained musician but I always loved music and I still do. We put out this spacey album and it was embraced. It wasn’t like we were jumping on a trend. “There were movies like ‘Alien’ back then and people were really fascinated by aliens and space. “Sci-Fi was a huge influence,” Score said. That initial disc is a concept album about alien abduction. If you would have told me way back then that we would still be doing this, I never would have believed it. “The songs have held up and it’s just amazing. The songs from that period still hold up.”Ī Flock of Seagulls, which will perform Friday at the House of Independents, doesn’t have the hair or the style it possessed back in the day. There were great bands and some great songwriting back then. We were fans of the Human League and Duran Duran. “We competed against bands back then, but it was a friendly competition. “We brought something unique to the table,” Score said. The band is typically lumped with myriad synth-pop acts of that era, but there was something different about the act.
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input_csv ~/RadarCode/geocode-acceptance-tests/input/addresses.csv \ # csv input, use headings as query parameter keys \ # these can be any accessible http server, sometimes we run against our prod index \ We run api-diff with a command that looks something like this: api-diff \ When updating the data in our index, we are usually expecting a steady increase in quality and coverage, and are mostly on the look out for surprising regressions, often caused by changes in data formats. When making a ranking change, there is usually a tradeoff between improved queries and some unintended losses, so we can use api-diff to provide a more quantitative answer as to whether or not the improvements outweigh the losses enough to proceed with the change. In both cases, we are looking to see what changes occurred in the search results. Generate a baseline set of responses for later comparisonĪll you need to get started is a list of queries, as a CSV or URL paths, and two running copies of a server with some changes between them.Īt Radar, our two main use cases for api-diff are 1) when we are making code changes to the parsing and ranking algorithms in Pelias, or 2) when we are updating the data in the search index.Allow a human scorer to quickly score diff’s as positive, neutral, or negative with keyboard shortcuts.Compare a set of saved query response pairs against responses from a new server. ![]() Output diffs to the console, as json, or as an interactive static html page.Compare the responses of a large number of queries between two servers. ![]() What it isĮnter api-diff, an incredibly boringly named suite of tools for evaluating quality or ranking changes between JSON API endpoints. Pelias currently has a great set of regression tests, but we wanted a tool that would let us understand how changes to ranking would affect real-world queries where we didn’t have a verified golden result. It’s hard to have an exhaustive set of tests for every way a query might be written. Geocoders are challenging pieces of software because in the real world, both addresses and queries are messy.Ī sampling of different ways users could search for one address For example, "20 Jay St" becomes "40.7041, -73.9867", along with the metadata that it’s an exact street address in Brooklyn, in New York City, in New York State, in the US. It can and has been used against all sorts of JSON APIs inside of Radar.Ī geocoder is a piece of software that translates freeform strings to coordinates on the earth with structured metadata associated with that place. This post is primarily focused on how we use it against the public Pelias API, but the tool itself is generic. We’re proud to release it on npm and open source it on GitHub today.Ī screenshot of api-diff in console mode, comparing identical API requests sent to two different api servers Motivationĭevelopment of api-diff was prompted by our work on the Pelias geocoder, but it works with any JSON HTTP API. We couldn’t find a suitable one, so we wrote our own, very imaginatively called api-diff. Radar engineers needed a tool for side-by-side evaluations of changes to the services of our recently released suite of geocoding APIs. TL DR: Radar built an open source tool for performing side-by-side evaluations of JSON APIs. ![]() He is part of a team of inventors on patent number 6556020. ![]() McCabe said he’s particularly proud of research into the batteries that power Raymond’s forklifts. Engineers are encouraged to write down ideas they think might be new or, even if doesn’t seem novel, that might solve a problem no one has solved. Among research and development engineers, inventing is a job expectation. ![]() has been getting patents at the rate of one every two months. “But what good is it if you have a pallet that only you can use or only a couple of companies can use? So we had to give it away to sort of kick-start the industry.” Expected to invent Maybe the railroad track was one of them,” Medwin said. "It was probably the earliest open standard in industry. Without it, customers may have never settled on a size, and the forklift industry might not have developed. It’s a pallet in dimensions that became standard throughout the materials-handling industry. The patent is for a wooden platform for holding loads that can be moved. The shrine illustrates the dilemma and potential of asking the government to protect intellectual property. But the cost is you have to share in a lot of detail.”Īt Raymond headquarters in Greene, the company hall of fame includes a copy of the first patent certificate granted the company in 1939. “There’s huge potential financial awards you have at the end of this process if you come up with a patent. “It’s sort of a bargain with the devil,” Medwin said. The drawback is an inventor has to tell the world how it’s done. Whether in academia or industry, however, not all research leads to a patent.Īs Medwin explained, the advantage of getting a patent is you have a monopoly on using the invention. The university was issued 22 patents in 2014-15 and has earned about $500,000 in royalties. Generally, inventors get 40 percent, and the rest is spread between the department and the university’s research office. A university-wide policy governs royalties from research. "When you really get serious, you want to get a good IP (intellectual property) attorney, and that’s where a lot of your expense comes in.”Īlso assigned many patents is Binghamton University, through the SUNY Research Foundation. Provisional patents aren't published, so it doesn’t increase the risk of helping someone steal an idea. Gulick said a provisional patent can be sought for as little as about $250 that offers protection for one year and allows an inventor to test marketability and viability. “Competitors are very cutthroat and look for ways to undermine you with either price or a lesser-quality product while providing the same type of solution,” he said. So far, Scorpion hasn’t had to bring a patent-infringement case, but the company is aware some in the industry might try to piggyback on its ideas. It costs “in the high five figures” to get a patent, but it’s worth it, he said. Further innovations included the capability to charge devices as well, and then for charging various devices with different voltage demands. It took seven years and was costly, but subsequent patents on modifications to the core idea were quicker and easier, he said. Scorpion first filed for a patent in 2008. Seven were newly inducted.ĬEO Pete Gulick describes the protection to the company’s intellectual property as crucial. The Raymond Inventors Club has 44 members, retirees and employees awarded patents. “We don’t often do parties in engineering, but we think this is really good occasion to celebrate,” said Steve Medwin, Raymond’s director of research and new business development. The company, which makes forklift trucks and related software and systems, holds such a recognition event every few years to honor the work that goes into the company being awarded 196 patents since its founding in 1926. ![]() in Greene honored this week for the 32 patents awarded since 2012 by the U.S. McCabe is among the 19 company inventors Raymond Corp. "It’s trying to do something to help the company." But don’t expect him to brag about it at cocktail parties. It helps him track the length of the American patenting process and how it evolves. 8515629 regards an electronic communication system for forklift trucks. patent 6556020 involves battery-power measurement, or that No. He might mention the spreadsheet he keeps, the one that helps him recall that U.S. Oh, if he’s visiting a college or school promoting engineering as a career or science education, he might talk it up if the kids ask. He’s listed as the inventor on more than a dozen patents, but don’t expect Paul McCabe to bring them up in a social setting. ![]() You can also add any of the fonts to My Favorite list. So, you can easily manage them.įont Base lets you create multiple folders for keeping fonts. It displays all the fonts installed on your system. Font Baseįont Base is a very good font management software and deserves the first position in this list. You may also like some best free Font Maker Software, Font Converter Software, and Font Viewer Software. You can also create multiple folders in the software in order to manage your favorite fonts, or you can simply add them in My Favorite list. Just activate the font and it will become accessible on the entire system, until you deactivate it in Font Base. You need not to install the downloaded fonts if you are using this software. It is very simple and powerful font manager software. My Favorite Font Manager Software For Windows:įont Base is my favorite font management software. One of the software lets you save a font as an image in multiple formats, like GIF, PNG, JPG, BMP, etc. You can also vary the delay time for the Slideshow. Just run the slideshow and the software will start displaying a preview of all fonts one by one. Some of these free font managing software come with a Slideshow feature. ![]() The character window displays all the characters in the selected font style. You will also find character window in these free font managing software. Some of these free font manager software also allow to install fonts temporarily. Once you install fonts, they will become accessible on the entire system. You can install and uninstall fonts, keep your favorite fonts in separate folders, preview fonts, view font metadata, etc. These free font manager software are good for graphic designers, who generally face difficulty in handling multiple fonts. Īs we see, the process is very simple and intuitive, which will be useful for those who for some reason have to deal with multiple font groups in Windows 10.Here is a list of Best Free Font Manager Software For Windows. Likewise, to deactivate it, just click on the same button. In addition, it will immediately be added to the section titled “Active”. If we want to activate a certain font, we click on the selector to next to its name, so it will turn green. Once the folders are added, we will be able to select the fonts saved in them and preview them. However, as we mentioned before, to add our fonts and manage them in FontBase, we drag and drop them records with the same ones we created earlier in the "Folders" section of the program. This is because they are initially the ones you can detect. The first thing to do is to install and run FontBase, although in principle the application allows us by default to enable and disable the fonts Google. Also, with all of this, we will know that the sources we are working with will not be accidentally deleted. We tell you this because we can create a folder for each project and move the sources between them. Therefore, in the event that we are working on several different projects and have uploaded sources for each of them, this is a good method. Customize FontBase to better manage Windows 10 fonts Instead, we create a new folder where we move all the fonts we want to use. To do this and get the most out of FontBase, we will not install them in the usual way, i.e. Of course, before we can perform this activation task, we need to install them. We are actually talking about a free program to easily activate and deactivate fonts in Windows 10 that you can download from this link. This is something we're going to do through a third-party app called FontBase. Therefore, if necessary, we will give you a solution so that you can deactivate or activate sources without having to delete them. And it is necessary to keep in mind that if we are constantly working with a lot of them, this could be a good method to deal with them. The problem here is that uninstalling fonts is a permanent change, which isn't always great, because in the future we might miss them when we need them.īut of course, Windows 10 doesn't give us the option to enable or disable these things we're talking about. It's a simple process that we can do in just a few steps. More specifically, we are referring to the possibility of install and uninstall the own fonts operating system Redmond. ![]() On other occasions in the past, we have already talked about how best to deal with them in Windows 10. ![]() The story in the game will be its own unique story set apart from the show or the books, which is good considering the game is set 48 years before the events of the show, but you’re still able to recruit playable characters that are in the show, like Jon Snow, Tormund Giantsbane, Daenerys Targaryen, Jamie Lannister and others. ![]() Almost everything that happens is a strategic move with a means to an end in a story filled with political intrigue and warfare, and now you’ll get to play some of that out in a sense. That actually blends well with the theme that the Game of Thrones show and Song of Ice and Fire books have laid in front of their audiences over the years. Even Ned Stark, whose demise is a byproduct of his stupidity, dies because he. 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Game of Thrones Beyond the Wall lets you take charge of the Night’s Watch after the former commander, Brynden Rivers has disappeared beyond the wall. When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die, but when you play a game based on the game of thrones you simply get to have fun. At 70 minutes, it was the series' longest episode until the airing of the season's finale. It was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D.
![]() ![]() Their views of the ascension had an enormous impact on their view of the Presence of Jesus in the Lord’s Supper. Zwingli, in contrast, believed that once Christ ascended and took his place at the right hand of the Father, He could not be “present” on earth. Therefore, he not only sits at the right hand of God in heaven, but he is also truly present at the Lord’s Supper, or whenever two or more are gathered in his name. Luther believed that when Christ ascended, he rose from “here to everywhere” meaning that when Christ arose, he re-assumed his eternal omnipresence. It must have been an electrifying moment! Here were the two great leaders of the Protestant Reformation gathering to resolve their differences regarding the Lord’s Supper. It was October, 1529 and Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli sat at opposite ends of a table with several guests gathered around listening. Most of us will recall the historic encounter between Luther and Zwingli in the 16 th century which took place in Marburg Castle in the little town of Hesse, Germany. However, do we know what it actually means? This line has also become the most common phrase to be found on communion tables in churches. ![]() It has become an almost universal line in the various liturgies of the Lord’s Supper or Communion celebrated by Christians around the world. It was, of course, spoken by Jesus on his final night on earth when he instituted the Eucharist in the Upper Room. One of the most important phrases in Scripture is the phrase, “Do this in remembrance of me” (Luke 22:19 1 Cor. ![]() From the producers of The Complex and Five datesīloodshore is coming to PC/Mac ( Steam), PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and iOS in November 3, 2021.One story, several different paths and outcomes. ![]() Relationships are tracked and can influence the story.Decisions matter, with visual feedback on what effect they have. ![]()
![]() This was not an easy decision, and we’re doing everything we can to make sure you get the most out of Minecraft Earth before it sunsets. We’re eternally grateful for the amazing talent in the Minecraft community. "Your feedback and creations brought this game to an entirely different level, from the regular build challenges you absolutely smashed to the incredible builds you shared on social media. "That being said, we want to take a moment to thank all of the players and creators that are bringing new adventures, mobs, and free in-game items for the community to enjoy while we finalize our timeline for sunsetting the game," continues the blog. This seed would not contain any natural structures and would be great for non-server players who would like to experience a map like this. With realistic biomes and ores relative to the places you can actually find them. Players that spent real money on the game at any point since its debut will also snag a free copy of Minecraft proper. There should be a seed in Minecraft example: 752638032784 (Plant Earth) that is a 1:2000 scale of our planet. Good point That’s why over the coming weeks, we’ll be releasing Minecraft Earth in early access in more and more countries across the globe. For more information on downloading Minecraft Earth to your phone, check out our guide: how to install APK files. It’s also possible to collaborate with other users and to discover a new world through your phone’s screen. By doing this we are freeing up resources that allow for more adventures, more fun, and more resources to be poured into the Minecraft community. Users just build in tabletop mode and place the buildings with the AR function, at their real size. Due to the current global situation, we have made the difficult decision to sunset Minecraft Earth. On July 1, we will delete any Minecraft Earth player data unrelated to Character Creator and Minecoin entitlements. Minecraft Earth has shut down as of June 30, 2021. This means that we will stop all development, and after that date, you will be unable to download or play Minecraft Earth anymore. the upcoming Minecraft Legends, and the cancelled Minecraft Earth. On June 30, we will discontinue all content and service support for the game. The announcement comes paired with the game's final update, which removes real-money transactions from the game, reducing resource time and material costs for in-game crafting, and releasing a batch of content that was planned to launch later in the game's lifespan.Īfter that June 30 cutoff, Minecraft Earth will vanish from app stores and existing players will no longer be able to login and play the game. Mojang Studios is a Swedish video game developer based in Stockholm. "As a result, we have made the difficult decision to re-allocate our resources to other areas that provide value to the Minecraft community and to end support for Minecraft Earth in June 2021," reads a blog post. Mojang says that the decision was driven by difficulties of the current pandemic, which has understandably knocked the wind out of the location based social play Minecraft Earth is built around. ![]() Both the central device management and admin console are direct and plain. As a result, the tool comes with a completely simple and easy-to-use design. SpiderOak themselves are not privy to any of the data from the clients.īeing private and secure is the top priority of SpiderOak for its clients. It has a “zero-knowledge” standard for all of its services, which means only the clients can access the data they have stored. It places great value on keeping data private and secure. The company started in 2007 and has been giving users the ability to access their files, synchronize and share them with the use of a cloud-based server. The services that SpiderOak offers encompass cloud back up (opens in new tab) and file hosting (opens in new tab). 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DotA is considered a catalyst for the MOBA genre, inspiring developers to create other games similar to it. The original DotA mod is considered one of the most popular mods of all time, with tens of millions of players and a consistent presence at esports tournaments throughout the 2000s. Dota Underlords, an auto battler based on the community-created Dota 2 mod Dota Auto Chess, was released in 2020. Artifact, a digital collectible card game with mechanics inspired by Dota 2, was released in 2018. A sequel to DotA, the game retains the same gameplay elements as its predecessor, while introducing new support and mechanics, as well as a setting separate from the Warcraft universe. The first standalone installment in the series, Dota 2, was released by Valve in July 2013. Ownership and development of DotA were passed on multiple times since its initial release until Valve hired the mod's lead designer IceFrog and after an ongoing legal dispute with Blizzard Entertainment, the developer of Warcraft III, brokered a deal that allowed for Valve to inherit the trademark to the Dota name. The original mod features gameplay centered around two teams of up to five players who assume control of individual characters called " heroes", which must coordinate to destroy the enemy's central base structure called an "Ancient", to win the game. ![]() The series began in 2003 with the release of Defense of the Ancients ( DotA), a fan-developed multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) mod for the video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion, The Frozen Throne. ![]() ![]() Dota is a series of strategy video games now developed by Valve. |
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