![]() ![]() He travelled in many European countries, communicated actively especially with the UK academy, and held visiting lectures regularly. Hirn was also a member of the board of directors for Otava, one of the largest book publishers in Finland at the time, and served in different positions in national art and theatre administration. He was a lifelong friend with Magnus Enckell who became one of the key Finnish ‘Golden Era’ painters. Sillanpää who later received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1939. He was exchanging letters with well-known Finnish authors such as Volter Kilpi, V.A. As documented by Rantavaara ( 1979), Hirn was an active operative in Finnish cultural life also outside the academic circles. Yrjö Hirn was well-connected within the Finnish academy and cultural circles, but also internationally in Europe. It is during this period that Hirn ventured into play studies with his 1916 book Barnlek (translated also into Finnish, French, and Italian). Johnson och James Boswell ( 1922), Beaumarchais ( 1931), and Lärt folk och landstrykare i det finska Finlands kulturliv ( 1939). In this period his keyworks are perhaps Dr. Essay became his favoured genre of writing, being a good fit to his research approach and purposes. Hirn was a versatile scholar and able to cover large topics elegantly. In his later career he published widely on numerous topics relating to cultural history, literature, and theatre studies. He held the professorship in University of Helsinki for almost three decades and supervised many scholars that developed and reshaped the field of aesthetics in Finland in the following decades. Without a doubt he was the most important, and pretty much the only internationally recognized Finnish scholar of aesthetics in the first decades of the twentieth century (Haapala, 2002). During his early career he concentrated on aesthetics, and in this field The Origins of Art: A psychological & sociological inquiry (1900), Det heliga skrinet ( 1909, published in 1912 in English as The Sacred Shrine), and Det estetiska lifvet (1913) are regarded as his main contributions. He spoke good Finnish but everything he published in Finnish was first checked up by a native speaker (Riikonen, 2003). Hirn published most of his works either in his mother’s tongue Swedish, or in English. Hirn worked at his alma mater, the Imperial Alexander University in Finland, which was renamed University of Helsinki after Finland gained independence, in different roles and finally, since 1910 as professor of aesthetics and the literature of modern nations. Sociologist, social anthropologist, and pioneer of ethnographic field studies Edvard Westermarck was his teacher and mentor. Hirn received a bourgeois upbringing in the town of Porvoo before moving to the capital Helsinki where he, like his father before him, became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1897. Yrjö Georg Hirn (1870-1952) was a notable Finnish humanist and cultural personality. In this article we provide an introduction to Hirn’s biography and his thinking, review the key elements of Barnlek, and discuss the implications of his thinking today. While his works have been widely translated, many of them are not available in English. Today Hirn is an example of a scholar of play whose work is mostly ignored in the anglophone world. ![]() He also presents a severe criticism of pedagogical play and theorizes play as a container or an archive of earlier culture.Ī century ago, Hirn was a well-connected and widely travelled scholar, whose works were known. In this book Hirn describes, documents, and analyses numerous patterns of play – some of which are very marginal today. 7–8) 1In 1916, Yrjö Hirn, a professor of aesthetics and the literature of modern nations, published an engrossing book on play, Barnlek. It is hardly possible today to write a complete history of civilization without allocating its own chapter to toys and unless learned researchers have yet to appreciate these childish things, it is probably just because toys lack that valued tediousness which more than anything attracts the knights of mournful countenance prowling the grounds of science. ![]()
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![]() What’s Gained Supernatural skill with weapons, extreme resistance to pain/damage (as the heart/soul/intelligence/will is located in the weapon itself rather than the ‘wielder’), limited ability to summon a ghostly form to wield the weapon is the host dies, telepathy, ability for the weapon to take on different qualities/abilities based on the imbued’s tremendous battle experience. Some of the finest armies in the world are led by ancient, imbued generals their subordinates willingly taking up the arms or armor to channel the skill and tactical acumen of centuries old master strategists. But it matters not for the fighter’s (now imbued’s) soul, consciousness, and *self* now resides in their beloved sword or bow or axe and in the supernatural skill with which they wield such things.Īnd now, all they need is another to pick them up a vessel to temporarily or permanently seize control of so they can fight and triumph throughout all eternity. ![]() Eventually, the fighter’s body draws its last breath and turns to ash. But it’s of little matter, for his weapons and armor have never been lighter for them to wield or fallen more heavily upon their opponents. And so, over hundreds of battles -when the line between life and death thins- where the fighter’s attention turns so flows his soul.Ī fighter following the Path of the Imbued will find his physical form slowly fading. They don’t feel their heartbeat so much as they feel the ringing of their armor when it turns aside a blow. They don’t feel their skin so much as they feel the edge of their blade when it slips into an opponent’s throat. The Imbued – The Path of the FighterĪs a fighter develops their craft, some experience a curious drift in their attention and sense of self. ![]() Finally, if you were going to create statistics for these you could do ‘lesser’ versions as Pathfinder Archetypes or D&D 5th Edition specializations OR present them as epic, beyond level 20 prestige classes to really play on the characters becoming demigods. Additionally, I think these might be a little unwieldy as character options (unless you have the right players) and might make better NPCs or enemies. I should point out that none of these are by necessity evil (although the lich and the whisper tilt that way), though almost all transcend traditional notions of morality. What follows is an outline for some thoughts about a class specific ‘lich’ for the other classes: what parts of an individual’s essence would be given up, what would be gained, and some thoughts about how they fit into a game world. Moving forward, assuming that each class represents an equivalently valid ‘path to power’ what would each class giving up their humanity to increase/merge with their chosen power path look like? Most undeath is totally unrelated to class (zombiehood, ghostdom, vampirism, or ghoulification) but for liches it is the development of arcane magic that provides the path (and it might be why certain individuals choose the study wizardry in the first place). I’ve also always thought that liches slowly replace their essential humanity with a certain expression of magic, and that this is baked into the progression of certain wizards. ![]() ![]() I’ve always liked the idea that as an adventurer gains levels they slowly lose/supersede their humanity (elevanity? tieflinganity? you know what I mean). Inspired by this post on the fabulous Goblin Punch blog about an immortal, evil, ‘lichlike’ path available for fighters, I’ve been thinking about Liches and the ‘other class’ equivalents to such things. This is Part 1 of a Multipart Series | Part 2 ![]() ![]() This is a claims made and reported policy. This policy applies to any act, error or omission which takes place anywhere in the world, provided that the claim is made and suit is brought against the Insured in the United States of America The agent must not have had knowledge of the claim or circumstances likely to result in a claim at the effective date of coverage. 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Down payment includes one month's premium, admin fees, taxes, doc stamps and a $5.00 monthly processing fee. Pricing includes premium, applicable administrative fees, taxes and doc stamps. This is an annual policy which renews 12 months from your selected effective date. Life, accident and health, LTC, universal life, group life and group health plans,Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplemental products, managed health care organizations Pricing Information $1 Million per claim / $3 Million annual aggregate ![]() ![]() ![]() On the left is a monocolor example, on the right is the sort of coloration that you’d use for a minecrafty rock with grass on top. I’ve only scratched the surface here, obviously. First, in Hexels you’ll want to set the grid to trixel mode and tick the Rotate 90 box: This will allow you to construct tricolor hexagons like these: These are your building blocks. Sure, there are prescribed standard dimensions for characters and backgrounds, but being able to subdivide grids after the fact allows for richer images, and lots of wiggle room - something that we, beginners, could use. I love that I can adjust my project dimensions and grid subdivisions as I work. But I’m getting there, a tiny step at a time. Unleash your inner gridded side by effortlessly drawing on an angled isometric grid, creating beautifully precise geometric artwork. The text box will cut off to 1.15, but internally, Hexels will use the exact value. It turns out that this can be done if you go to the Shapes tab and type in 1.15470107676 for the Trixel Width slider. What a talented artist can do in a few minutes, I struggle with from morning, till the wee hours of the next day, often with nothing to show for it. Compare Marmoset Hexels 2 VS IsoSketch and find out whats different, what people are saying, and what are their alternatives. Someone had asked how they can export an iso drawing such that the diagonal lines go 2 pixels horizontally for every 1 pixel vertically. I’ve been able to translate imagined characters and scenes into actual pixel art on this app. Walk before you run.Īnimation, which can be done from within Hexles, is a whole new can of worms I choose not to open just yet. These artists make it look easy, so don’t bite off more than you can chew or you’ll end up frustrated like I did. I also pored over Deniella Zeman’s beautifully shaded art, and Mira Karouta’s fascinating pieces. Just a word of warning. Thanks for sticking around :) I've wanted to do this picture for a while. You’re welcome.ĭespite a lack of instructional videos on Hexels, Mark Knight’s videos are a boon when you’re trying to learn both pixel art technique, and Hexels hacks. been AFK for a while recovering from a surgery. If you’re feeling a little hopeless, go spend your day watching Mark Knight’s Hexels speed painting videos at 25%. Then there are Hexels works out there that are so inspiring you’d start to think you could actually conquer this thing… this one thing that’s always stood between you and world domination. Keyboard shortcuts were very easy to pick up: B for brush, L for line, I for eye dropper, S for select, G for paint bucket, and so on. ![]() ![]() It was among the most severe forms of punishments ever heard. Disembowelmentĭisembowelment may result from an accident but has also been used as a method of torture and execution. Usually a person would be left alive with every limb in his or her body, broken. This process usually took a very long time. Then a hammer or a large iron bar was applied to the limb through the gap to break all its bones. A wooden wheel was used to stretch the victim out, with their limbs extended along its many spokes. It originated in Ancient Greece and from there spread through other countries such as France, Russia, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Sweden. It was used during the Middle Ages and was still in use in the 19th century. The breaking wheel, also known as the ‘Catherine wheel’, was a torture device used for capital punishment. This was a public method of execution, inflicted on criminals, captured soldiers and ‘witches’ around a thousand years ago in places such as the Middle East and Africa. Added ingredients like salt was also used to increase the pain exponentially. After the skin was removed, the condemned would be thrown to bleed to death. Brutal to the bone, it involved removing the skin from the body of a still living prisoner. Flayingįlaying is one of the most brutal and uncivilized method of torture and punishment practiced during the Middle Ages. ![]() This practise is principally known from antiquity, but remains in occasional use in some countries. Most of the times if the prisoner was lucky, he would just die by severe cold or heat. The prisoner would usually just bleed to death, if not that he would die by hunger or thirst. The condemned person was tied (or nailed) to a large wooden cross and left to hang till dead. Crucifixion was among the most gruesome and painful of ancient execution methods and was practiced from about the 6th century BC until the 4th century AD, mainly among the Seleucids, Carthaginians, Persians and Romans. ![]() ![]() ![]() It has to be the least kid-friendly PG-13 superhero movie ever made, as only R-rated flicks like Watchmen, the Kickass franchise, and Deadpool are less suited for young audiences. The violence is extreme, and the movie explores themes like mortality that even Tolstoy would find depressing. Undoubtedly the darkest Batman-centric movie ever made, the conclusion of Nolan’s genre-shifting trilogy is incredibly grim and decidedly made for adults. Kids shouldn’t watch it until they’re older. Because more than it’s a Batman movie, Joker is a film about how a mentally unstable person becomes a monster. The ending of this Oscar-winning film suggests that it’s something of an origin story for Batman, but it’s not like any other film on this list. And while there are a lot of animated Batman movies out there, in the interest of simplicity we only included the big ones on the list. It’s ordered from the least appropriate Batman movie for kids to the most appropriate. This guide is for parents looking to introduce their kids to the world of Gotham without scarring them for life. That means the Nolan stans, Batfleck crew, Burton loyalists, and the nascent community of Reeves partisans can argue over which Batman movie is best elsewhere. This list of Batman movies, ranked, reflects that, as we used kid-friendliness (not cinematic quality) to judge each one. ![]() Thankfully, it’s something of an outlier in the canon of Batman films, and plenty of Batman movies are just fine for kids to watch. But it can’t be much less kid-friendly than 2019’s Joker, a movie that can only traumatize young kids. The details of the next Batman movie are well-kept secrets, so we’re not sure if you’ll want to take the kids to see Robert Pattinson’s debut in the role. ![]() ![]() ![]() This brings open the Configure Input File screen.ĥ. In the upper right of the RaceRender window is a section for Input Files which will have both your video file and your data file. I would close the wizard personally as the rest of the instructions assume you did :)Ĥ. Your Layout will appear along with a Project Setup Wizard. Simply select your those with the Add Video File and Add Data File buttons as appropriate, and then click OK. (Optional) If you did use the basic template here then you will be prompted to select input files for the Video and Data. This template sets up the following basic data displays:ģ. You may need to scroll down to see it as it will likely be the last option. It should be listed as " RaceCapture - basic template". (Optional - skip this step if you're an experienced RaceRender user and already have a layout you'd like to use) If you downloaded the basic template in step 2 of setup you can choose it from the initial New Project Menu where you can select a New Project Template. This can be saved wherever you like but I suggest:Ģ. Use the latest version present if there are multiple. The other extracted file should be named with a filename like "RaceRender Data Profile - RaceCapture*.rrlc", including a date. Where "USERNAME" is the Windows user you are logged in as.Ĥ. On Windows this is:Ĭ:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\RaceRender 3\Templates (Optional) Move the extracted file "Project - _6RaceCapture - basic template.rrt" to where RaceRender3 Templates are stored. Download the template/profile files referenced in this guide here and extract the files from the archive: File:RaceCapture and RaceRender workflow files.zipģ. These instructions have been verified with the following software versions:Ģ. Screenshot showing what you can do with your RaceCapture data in RaceRender: In this guide we'll explain a basic workflow for how you can get your RaceCapture data overlayed onto just about any video source, be it from your smartphone, GoPro, or other digital camera. RaceRender is a popular video data overlay tool which is great for racing enthusiasts in creating amazing compositions using raw data with video. Guide to getting your RaceCapture data into your video with RaceRender 1 Guide to getting your RaceCapture data into your video with RaceRender. ![]() ![]() ![]() The name prefix or salutation of the provider if the provider is an individual for example, Mr., Mrs., or Corporal. The middle name of the provider, if the provider is an individual. The first name of the provider, if the provider is an individual. A field cannot contain all special characters. (First and last names are required for initial applications.) The First, Middle, Last and Credential(s) fields allow the following special characters: ampersand, apostrophe, colon, comma, forward slash, hyphen, left and right parentheses, period, pound sign, quotation mark, and semi-colon. In addition, the date of birth must match that on file with SSA. This name must match the name on file with the Social Security Administration (SSA). If the provider is an individual, this is the legal name. The last name of the provider (if an individual). Many types of health care providers could be sole proprietorships (for example, group practices, pharmacies, home health agencies).NPPES does not capture a sole proprietorship's EIN. Often, the IRS assigns an EIN to a sole proprietorship in order to protect the sole proprietor's SSN from disclosure in claims or on W-2s.A sole proprietorship may or may not have employees.(See NPI Final Rule for information about subparts.) As an individual, a sole proprietorship cannot be a subpart and cannot have subparts.In terms of NPI assignment, a sole proprietor is an Entity type 1 (Individual) and is eligible for only one NPI (the sole proprietorship business is not eligible for its own NPI).There is no difference between a sole proprietorship and a sole proprietor they are legally a single entity: an individual.In a sole proprietorship, the sole proprietor owns all of the assets of the business and is solely liable for all of the debts of the business.A sole proprietor is the sole (the only) owner of a business that is not incorporated that unincorporated business is a sole proprietorship.Indicate whether provider is a sole proprietor. ![]() 2 = (Non-person): entity other than an individual human being that furnishes health care (for example, hospital, SNF, hospital subunit, pharmacy, or HMO).1 = (Person): individual human being who furnishes health care.Full Replica of the CMS (NPPES) NPI Record Field Nameġ0-position all-numeric identification number assigned by the NPS to uniquely identify a health care provider.Ĭode describing the type of health care provider that is being assigned an NPI. because it contains lanolin.Reference NPI Information. They can't use Aquafor, which is the better choice. We use Vanicream after baths and 2-3 times a day all over because the kids' skins are so dry and then top off with Vasoline. Purified water, white petrolatum, cetearyl alcohol and ceteareth-20, sorbitol solution, propylene glycol, simethicone, glyceryl monostearate, polyethylene glycol monostearate, sorbic acid and BHT It doesn't have any fragrance and comes with a reusable pump. It's relatively inexpensive and the kids use it all over their bodies including the face. Our kids are allergic to lanolin, which is in a lot of creams and lotions on the market. I first heard of this cream from our research allergist at the Jaffe Institute for Food Allergies. Vanicream specifically is free from dyes, fragrance, masking fragrance, parabens, lanolin and formaldehydes. The company was started in 1975 by two pharmacists who believed they could develop a better cream for dermatology patients. Vanicream is made by Pharmaceutical Specialties, Inc. they have to be either eaten immediately or put in the freezer for later snacking scoop soy ice cream on to the base cocoa snap and top off with second cocoa snap ![]() So Delicious Dairy-free Frozen Dessert by Turtle Mountain, available at Whole Foods I bought all the ingredients at Whole Foods but you can find these brands at most local natural and organic markets as well. They were a big hit! That made me so happy they could enjoy something I enjoyed so much as a kid. Smooth vanilla soy ice cream paired with crunchy dairy and egg free heart cookies. Instead I made these tiny little soy ice cream sandwiches for them today. Kasie and Sandro are allergic to dairy and eggs so having one of those were out of the question. We visited a local ice cream shop and they had these wonderful ice cream cookie sandwiches. As a mom, it's hard to find a nice treat to give them when they've been extra sweet or well behaved on most days. ![]() Our kids have food allergies - dairy, egg, nuts, to name a few. ![]() ![]() XO-Planets includes prominent features such as Modify the Weapons, 25 Mods, Permanent Death, Five Bosses, 25 Enemy Types, and more. It has various missions to complete such as Search and Destroy, Bounty Hunter, Bomber Man, Treasure Hunter, and more. During the gameplay, the player can discover legendary weapons and can unlock over twenty-five modes for Artificial units including Teleport, Jet Pack, and Juggernaut. There are three different weapons such as Fire, Ice, and Vampiric. The game features permadeath element like Rogue-like game. It offers procedurally generated world and revolves around rogue-lite elements, means every session of the game is different. Like other Action Platform video games, the player can dash, double jump, and even can climb a wall down and up while using the one-handed weapon. The game takes place in the huge and hostile planets where the player takes on the role of the protagonist, who can manipulates the world from a side-scroll perspective. XO-Planets is a 2D Action Role-playing, Side-scroll, Co-op and Single-player platform video game with an emphasis on Rogue-lite elements developed and published by Bohfam. Dungreed includes core features such as Explore Dungeons, Sword Fighting, Rebuild the Town, Training System, different Weapons, and more. The game features several points for the player to grow and the player can permanently increase his stats through training to become stronger. The game hasn’t any checkpoint in the dungeon, and when the player is slain within the dungeon, his items vanish, and he is brought back to the town. During the game, the player can get into the dungeon to face the endless waves of enemies and must defeat them to save the people and recreate the town with a peaceful life. The player must become an adventure with an objective to embark on an epic quest to solve the disasters. According to the storyline, the peaceful town was smashed by a strange dungeon, and all the people of the town were tracked into the dungeon. During the play, the player may interact with non-player characters and can get information about the quest.ĭungreed is an Action, Pixel Graphics, Dungeon Crawling, 2D Side-scroll, and Single-player Platform video game with an emphasis on Rogue-lite elements developed and published by Team Horay. The level difficulty will increase as the player goes deeper into the environment. These games come with quest-based gameplay where the player has to complete each quest by accomplishing the requirements to proceed. Roguelite video games mainly deal with hack-and-slash, text-based or tile-based visuals, turn-based movement, and randomized environment generation gameplay. In these games, the player commands a character from either an isometric perspective or a top-down view with an objective to navigate the dungeon or another procedurally generated environment to battle against enemies and monsters while collecting treasures or rewards to advance in the game. Typically, these games take place in the dungeon full of brutal monsters, strange beings, and enemies who are waiting for the player to take down. but usually need more complex graphics and less strategy to play. Roguelite is the genre of video game that borrow some aspects from Rogue-like such as randomly-generated content, permadeath, turn-based combat, etc. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bad luck? Remains bad luck… it can be really frustrating to have bad luck in Hand of Fate.Hand of Fate 2 has more enemy variation and weapons so it surely spices up the replay value. Fighting enemies continues to be a dodge and attack approach while building your combo meter to do a more powerful attack. I am glad with the improvements, especially the companions are a welcome new feature. A big flaw from the first Hand of Fate was the basic combat system, it has been improved, the dealer has promised that, so it’s true! Sadly enough it remains a little too basic though.Developer Defiant clearly put more time and love in creating a much more believable and consistent Variation is key and the game uses many different environment to keep things fresh. Visually the game looks very atmospheric, you immediately know ‘this is Hand of Fate” something that many games miss: personality.The mini-card-stories that randomly pop up in the path are surprisingly interesting and provide some great text-based adventures. (Not mandatory) You can choose how far you want to go with the story from Hand of Fate 2, if you just want to play the game without having to read or hear dialogue than that’s totally possible too. You have around 20 missions that keep giving you story elements, it is also really fun getting to know your companions. Story has a lot more meaning in Hand of Fate 2 with a more connected campaign. ![]() All the small and big choices you make will have consequences in short and long play sessions, giving lots of replay value too. The mechanic of risk and reward is pretty unique, even for the deck-building genre. The fact that you don’t know what card will be coming next provides some luck-based but addictive gameplay. Narrative and mechanics have been greatly improved and now feature even more differences. The basic gameplay remains the same and is the strong point from developer Defiant’s game.Our dealer pulled out the review card so let’s take a look at my impression about this card building action game. The dealer from Hand of Fate 2 starts with a bold statement “Each element of the game has been improved.” This talkative character isn’t lying. I was a fan from the first game in 2015, it had a few flaws but it was different and addictive. ![]() |