10/13/2023 0 Comments Caesar deathIn 2017, the same team analyzed the concrete from the ruins of sea walls along Italy's Mediterranean coast, which have stood for two millennia despite the harsh marine environment. Scientists have analyzed the mortar used in the concrete that makes up the Markets of Trajan, built between 100 and 110 CE (likely the world's oldest shopping mall). "A large number of papers in the last 15 years have shown the exceptional care with which Roman constructors produced mortar and concrete," Marra et al. The team also analyzed samples from three basins at the site: two located on the western side of Largo di Torre Argentina, and the third on the northern side of Pompey's Curia. Specifically, they wanted to conduct chemical analysis of the mortar (concrete) used to build the curia to determine which quarries supplied the building materials for each phase of construction. Around 19 BCE, during the reign of Augustus Caesar, there was a second construction phase using pozzolane rosse extracted from a site farther away. The third and final construction phase took place during the medieval period.įabrizio Marra of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Rome and his fellow co-authors sought additional confirmation of this hypothesis from the perspective of archaeometry. An earlier archaeological study analyzed the rock layers (strata) at the site and found that the its construction began around 55 BCE using pozzolane rosse (pink pozzolana) extracted from volcanic deposits near the city's center. The suggestion that the curia had been built in phases is not new. The senators who killed him thought assassination was the only way to preserve the republic, but the murder ultimately led to the republic's collapse. (Followers of an assassinated tribune named Publius Clodius Pulcher set it on fire while cremating his body.) Caesar's planned replacement (Curia Julia) was under construction as a replacement meeting site when the ruler met his own brutal demise at the base of the Curia of Pompey. A large theater section contained a temple, a stage, and seating on one end a large porticus (housing the general's art and books) surrounded a garden in the middle and the Curia of Pompey was at the opposite end.ĭuring Julius Caesar's reign, the Roman senators temporarily met in the Curia of Pompey after their usual Curia on the Comitium burned down in 52 BCE. The great Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey) built this particular curia as a memorial to his own military achievements. In ancient Rome, a curia was a structure where members of the senate would meet. After analyzing mortar samples collected from the curia, researchers from Italy and Spain have confirmed an earlier hypothesis that the structure was constructed in three distinct phases, according to a recent paper published in the journal Archaeometry. It is of great interest to tourists, historians, and archaeologists alike. The Curia of Pompey is famous for being the site where Julius Caesar was stabbed to death on the ides of March in 44 BCE. Adam Carr / Wikipedia reader comments 58 with
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10/13/2023 0 Comments Dalai lama quotes karma“By each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.” – David Mitchell But if I’m suffering because of it, it’s my karma that I have manifested in this lifetime in this particular set of circumstances.” – Patrick Duffy ✨ Karma Quotes on Life, Death, and Love, Baby! ✨ I am responsible for being the son of two people who got murdered. “Every single unfortunate thing that happens, including, for instance, the murder of my parents, I am responsible for. “But this was what happened when you didn’t want to visit and confront the the past: The past starts visiting and confronting you.” – Bret Easton Ellis ✨ The One Where Karma Takes It Too Far ✨ And sometimes when you do that kind of stuff and take a dude, that’s called karma.” “Miss Britney Spears took a dude that was already with a girl that had babies. I really want to help teach that.”īritney Spears & Kevin Federline, 2004 / Pinterest Doing unto others as you would have done unto you. I just believe in being a righteous person and karma. I know I got a great relationship with God and the universe. There’s things that I believe in, there’s things I have a self-belief on. “I definitely consider myself a Christian. Karma is everything.” – Holly Valance ✨ Karma Quotes For The Guy Who Believes in Fire and Brimstone, and Jesus Christ ✨ If I see ants or spiders in the room, I pick them up and take them outside. There will always be karma to be taken care of.” – Nina Hagen “As long as karma exists, the world changes. “I don’t have any reason to hate anybody I believe in good karma and spreading good energy.” “Just try to do the right thing, and that’s immediate karma: ‘I feel good about myself.” – Linda Thompson “I’m a very firm believer in karma, and put it this way: I get a lot of good parking spots.” – Al Jourgensen It always returns back to you what you gave it.” – Drishti Bablani “If your actions were to boomerang back on you instantly, would you still act the same.” – Alexandra Katehakis “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson In fact, I’ll admit for the sake of journalistic transparency the two songs of hers I have saved on my Spotify are Cardigan and Wildest Dreams- (unpack that one, on your own time). *But this is part of a larger conversation about the danger of weaponizing spiritual practices that *we’re not having* even though it’s ultimately counterintuitive because according to the principles of Karma, wanting revenge is bad karma? But maybe you’re not judged for your thoughts? Just your actions? Still unclear.* For the record: I don’t even *hate* Taylor Swift. Snickering to themselves on their way home from work, ohh that f*cking bitch Janet from HR has no damn idea what I mean.* This makes me wonder… for an artist who’s the JK Rowling of mainstream music and whose audience has “grown up with her,” how many adults are sitting there listening to lyrics like “And I keep my side of the street clean/ You wouldn’t know what I mean” penned by Gigi Hadid’s 33 year-old best friend. 10/13/2023 0 Comments Ubuntu vs linux mintEven epic failures are beneficial to Linux as a whole, and those who are willing to take the big risks (developers) deserve our respect and thanks, no matter what distro we're using. I just see contribution, growth, and further experimentation to make Linux better and better. That's what's so cool about having so many distros to choose from! So much invention and innovation, it's wonderful! But competition? I don't really see that. All have their own brand of awesomeness and each contributes a great deal to the party. We looked at RPM distros and Slackware derivatives, Debian, Mepis, Crunchbang, SalixOS, and PCLinuxOS (KDE and Xfce). When they stopped basing Mint Xfce on Xubuntu and went to the Debian-based version, it became troublesome to install and harder to figure out, and a lot of stuff broke often enough for us to "run home" to the Ubuntu-based stuff that always worked reliably and trouble free on his computer. Mint Xfce was imaginative, simple, and pretty! I loved it. But I can do that in Ubuntu as well, and it is my default choice (LTS versions only, security updates only). It's great for beginners and probably prevents a lot of problems that beginners might ordinarily find in Ubuntu though, if you set updates to "Level One" only (security and "Mint Approved" updates). Mint Xfce 9 was my first Linux distro and it was wonderful! But as my mentor and I explored Linux a bit more, we decided that - for us at least - the wonderful "safety net" that Mint had for it's update manager and the way they set up Synaptic Package Manager was too confining. And most of that stuff is interchangeable anyway. I'm interested that a topic about probably the most competing distro gets buried in recurring " Competing distro?" I don't think that's a good word for it, since almost all Linux distros are free (as in cost) simply offer different default settings, default applications, default desktops, etc. 10/13/2023 0 Comments Transunion ze accountYour O2 account needs to be up-to-date with no outstanding or queried balance on account to enable amendments to be made. A current copy of the credit file showing the disputed loading as you may be asked to supply this.Please have the following details available: If there are any disputed loadings that are a result of an O2 error or fraud, please get in touch with us. 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How can I speak to someone about my bill? 10/13/2023 0 Comments Atrial flutter ablation indicationsWe are however all different to keep in touch with the arrithmia nurses and be guided by them if you get worried they know their stuff! Good luck. And a little trick for a few weeks on if the pulse is too low a couple of sharp coughs usually puts it right back on track! Members resuscitated from sudden cardiac death due to atrial flutter or atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response in the absence of an accessory. Try a heart monitor and you’ll see for yourself. 1, 2 In addition, there are many patients with undiagnosed AF who often may be first detected after a stroke, development of left ventricular dysfunction, or incidentally. It is incumbent upon the physician to determine which, if any, modifiers should be used first. Ablation codes 93653, 93654, and 93656 do not require a modifier -52. I had an erratic heartbeat between 28 and 108 at rest for over a month which leaves you breathless feint and lethargic Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia in adults, with approximately 44 million individuals estimated to have AF or atrial flutter worldwide. 9367 have a medically unlikely edit (MUE) of 2 units. The consultants just mean that the artery they went in through will be OK in 3 or 4 days and are a bit reluctant to mention that for you to start feeling better the scar has to form. Procedural success defined as lesion pattern and pulmonary vein. I’m 58 had my ablation 3 years ago and thought they had done something wrong I felt awful for weeks and not fully cured for 4 months,that’s when the erratic heartbeats missed beats and ectopics calmed down (still get ectopics but OK with them now) I’m now running regularly 3 to 10 Miles 3 to 5 times a week and working shifts. Procedural success with Hybrid AF Therapy (98 with endocardial ablation alone). Hi the Nurses are usually more realistic all I can say is REST REST REST until you feel you can move on and then small steps. According to the Electric Capital Developer Report (2021), more than 20% of new Web 3 developers joined Ethereum. Yet, developers are still very much attracted to the Ethereum network. The network’s notoriously high gas fees have been coined as the culprit for the shift in sales. Read more: What are NFTs and How do They Work?Ĭurrently, Ethereum is the most popular choice for minting NFTs but for how long? Ethereum’s NFT market share fell from 95% to 80% in early 2021. But the most popular use case has been non-fungible tokens otherwise known as NFTs. And so, in 2015, the smart contract was born with Ethereum as its vehicle and ether (ETH) as its fuel.Įthereum opened up a whole new world of blockchain use case possibilities, from finance to gaming, identity management, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and supply chain management. In the Ethereum Whitepaper published in 2014, Buterin envisaged a blockchain that would give developers complete freedom to build any application they wished upon it. The Ethereum blockchain was conceived by programmer Vitalik Buterin. The incentive program offers up to $5m in BNB to be paid back to developers in proportion to the gas used for their contracts. The second smart move was to introduce the Binance Smart Chain BUIDL Reward Program to encourage builders to create dApps on the BSC platform. This makes it easier for developers to import their projects from Ethereum (should they need to bypass Ethereum’s congested network), and allow users to easily configure applications like crypto wallets to work with BSC. Users can easily transfer their assets from one to the other, easily trade BSC assets on multiple exchanges, and use them in a wide range of DApps.īSC also made a couple of smart moves early on, firstly with design- BSC is compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), meaning it supports Ethereum tools and DApps. The cross-chain compatibility between BSC and BNB Beacon Chain provides users with a larger and more complete ecosystem. BSC was a way to add smart contract functionality to the Binance ecosystem without causing the inevitable congestion and impact on network throughput.īSC is an independent blockchain (rather than a layer 2 or off-chain scalability solution), which means that if BNB Beacon Chain were to go offline for any reason, BSC would continue to run. Now we have all the name changes out of the way.īNB Beacon Chain (formerly Binance Chain) was launched in 2019 to facilitate fast, decentralized trading but it has limited flexibility and scalability. The newly named BNB Smart Chain was created to run in parallel with the Binance Chain (now BNB Beacon Chain) and is powered by the token BNB.Įven the token has been given a makeover- the BNB coin was formerly known as Binance Coin but has been renamed “Build and Build” but keeps the same acronym. It first started life as “Binance Smart Chain” but in the beginning of 2022 it had a label overhaul to distance itself from the Binance exchange. Considering how young BSC is, it is proving itself as a worthy contender against a more developed and mature ecosystem.īNB Smart Chain is a relatively new blockchain designed for developing high-performance decentralized applications. As a concept, Ethereum was introduced in 2013 and the blockchain launched in 2015. That said, Ethereum is far from perfect and BSC is a direct attempt at addressing its imperfections- its volatile gas fees being the main issue for Ethereum users.Īlthough BSC’ numbers may pale in comparison to Ethereum’s, it’s important to remember just how new BSC is. Even though a number of blockchains have sprouted up around it, BSC being just one of them, Ethereum still dominates the dApp and smart contract market. On the surface it appears like a blockchain version of David and Goliath.Įthereum rose to fame by being the first to champion the use of smart contracts, an innovation that propelled blockchain’s use beyond mere cryptocurrency. According to State of the Dapps, Ethereum hosts almost 3000 dApps while BNB Smart Chain hosts just 211.
10/13/2023 0 Comments Pixel 4d live wallpaper✅ New live wallpapers are added continuously. ✅ Support for all aspects including ultra wide. Personalise even more by adjusting the effects strength and set the battery saving mode to minimise consumption at 1%. You will never get bored again of your phone. Transform your lock screen and home screen with live wallpapers that fit your style, use our search engine to find what you want, make your phone unique with real 4D depth effects. With new 3D live wallpapers being submitted almost every week, we have a constantly growing collection of cool animated wallpapers that you can choose from.Ĭhoose between many categories such as anime wallpapers 4D, superheroes 3D wallpapers, space and planets backgrounds, themes for girls, nature landscapes, super cars, abstract 3D backgrounds in 4K, dark - black wallpapers, animals 4D, and many more 4K live wallpapers (most of them free). 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If your device supports only home screen live wallpapers, you can still use the app as any other live wallpaper. ℹ️For the double mode to work, your device must support live wallpapers for lock screen and home screen. No custom lock screen is needed to replace your default lock screen. Pixel 4D can apply two different live wallpapers for lock screen and home screen without any modifications. 300+ Cool 3D live wallpapers & animated lock screen backgrounds are waiting to make your phone one of a kind!ĭecorate your home screen & lock screen with a different live wallpaper at the same time! One for your home screen, one for your lock screen! 10/13/2023 0 Comments Black bean salad recipeAnd I feel like this organic milk is a way better option than juice. He takes these to school, from time to time, which makes me really happy since he's getting some real calcium. He LOVES these individual-sized chocolate milk cartons. My oldest son has finally grown out of his milk allergy but hasn't developed a taste for milk yet. One of our recent discoveries is this Horizon Organic Chocolate milk. Rinse and drain the Organic Simple Truth black beans and corn and add them into a large bowl. You can make this salad in just one bowl and if there weren't being photos taken, I would have made it right in a plastic storage container. But the flavor gets even better if you have a little bit of time to let it sit for a bit (half an hour at least) before eating. The preparation for this easy Black Bean Salad is pretty quick. Whenever I can, I just make one easy recipe, like organic mac and cheese or this Southwestern Black Bean Salad and take care of lunch for both kids for a few days! How to make Black Bean Salad Instead, they are spread throughout the store with designated signs that you can't miss. My particular store doesn't have a full department dedicated to natural products. Whether it is convenience products like Horizon Organic snack crackers or organic fruit snacks to the other organic ingredients you need to create your own recipes, Ralphs makes it super simple. Our local Ralphs store makes it super easy to shop for better lunch options. This allows you to control the flavor a bit more.Īnd again, if your kids don't love a certain ingredient, just skip it! Where to Find the Products in Stores That helps to remove any extra salt that may have been used. With all canned foods, I like to drain and rinse them before use. I like to add red pepper flakes to my serving, for a little heat, but my kids don't! Totally up to you. Olive oil and balsamic vinegar create a simple dressing that ties everything together. And when they are mixed in, they add to the overall flavor! Just leave them out if you don't want them.Ĭorn adds such a nice sweetness to the black bean salad. Kids really love to find new things they like.Ĭilantro and raw onion are strong flavors that some kids might not love, but they really do add so much flavor. I try to make sure I have their favorite fruits and veggies on hand to add to their lunches.Īnd I also have them try something new every few weeks. My kids really enjoy the sweet crunch of bell peppers so I knew they would at least try this dish. I grab red and orange bell peppers for this, but you can use yellow, you could use green, you could swap out for those sweet mini peppers, whatever you want! While black beans taste amazing in this recipe, you can always use white beans or even garbanzo beans. This is one of those recipes that you can tailor-make based on the flavors that you and your kids like. Side dish for mains – it’s hearty enough to serve with beef, fresh enough for fish, and everything in between! Because it’s a salsa-type salad, you can also serve it spoon ON the cooked meat.Scroll down to find a printable recipe card with full measurements and detailed instructions. Interesting enough for a meal, great side for any protein! It’s especially ideal for South American food and Southern/South West/Texas, most Western foods and Middle Eastern dishes.ġ. Pop open cans, shake up the dressing and sharpen your knife to get chopping! And if you’re one of those coriander/cilantro haters, switch it for chives. Here’s what you need! Use any beans you want – even lentils or chickpeas. You’ll love how this bean salad lasts for days and days! What you need for Cowboy Bean Salad This Cowboy Bean Salad has the same good stuff in it – but 95% less sugar in the Dressing. Cowboy Caviar is traditionally made with so much sugar, my tooth aches just reading recipes!! With one big important difference – it has a fraction of the sugar. Though actually, this is a riff on a salsa dish known as Cowboy Caviar in the US. But stick the word “Cowboy” in front of it, and suddenly it sounds so much more exciting. Right? Same dish, different packaging. Serve it as a side, stuff into tacos, pile onto nachos. Lasts for days – think meal prep and work lunches! Why make a boring old Bean Salad when you can make it a COWBOY one? Fun to say, delicious to eat, this big, juicy black bean salad is fresh, simple and fully loaded, tossed with a lime dressing laced with South Western spices. 10/12/2023 0 Comments Best of switzerland sceneryBoasting exceptional scenery, amazing sunsets and fun camaraderie, it is sure to be an adventure you won’t soon forget.įrom Dean and Laynni at Routinely Nomadic 3. Whether you have time to do the whole thing or just a portion, experiencing the Tour du Mont Blanc should be at the top of any Swiss bucket list. With such a small window the huts can book up quickly so it is a good idea to reserve well in advance (as much as 6 months if your dates aren’t flexible). Because of the altitude (between 1,500 and 2,500 metres above sea level) the season to hike the TMB is quite short, usually from the beginning of July to mid-September. Most charge around €50-60 per person for half-board with a dorm bed, excellent evening meal, breakfast and an incredible location. While you wouldn’t describe the mountain huts as cheap, they are still good value for what you get. However, there are many access points making it possible to choose smaller sections if you are short on time (or fitness). The entire hike is roughly 170 kilometres, usually takes around 10 days and involves nearly 10,000 metres of elevation gain and loss. Most people start in charming Chamonix, France and hike counter-clockwise, crossing into Italy to pass through the ski resort town of Courmayeur before heading into Switzerland to the greenest valleys and most rural areas of the trek around Champex-Lac. Featuring stunning scenery, strenuous passes, fantastic mountain huts and even a few great towns along the way, the TMB is a bucket list trek for all avid hikers. One of the world’s iconic long-distance hiking trails, the phenomenal Tour du Mont Blanc passes through no fewer than three different countries as it makes a full circuit around spectacular Mont Blanc. TOUR DU MOUNT BLANC- Long distance hiking trail! It is expensive for a single ticket, although the Glacier Express is included on the Interrail Pass and Eurail Pass as well as many local passes making it great value for money for wider travels.īy Allan Wilson from “It’s Sometimes Sunny in Bangor” 2. Compared to standard train journeys in Switzerland, the train is high-end with panoramic carriages with big windows to enjoy the surrounding scenery. It is a long express journey, so it’s best to bring drinks and snacks, and there is also the option for meals served to the seats/tables from the restaurant and car bogey. The better half of the journey would likely be the second half after Chur, with the crossing of the Landwasser Viaduct, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the start of the River Rhine at the Rhine Gorge. Zermatt would be the recommended start with an overnight stay, if possible, beneath the majestic background of the Matterhorn (of Toblerone fame). Given the high altitude and rugged, and at times seemingly impassable terrain, the high-speed train rarely reaches high speeds giving it the dubbing as ‘The Slowest Fast Train in the World’. The journey itself takes roughly 7-hours between the 2-points, with a stop at Chur as a midpoint, following some of the most scenic mountain landscapes that you will ever come across. The Glacier Express, known for being the slowest fast train in the world, connects the fancy alpine resort towns of Zermatt and St Moritz in the high mountains of the Swiss Alps. The Glacier Express-the slowest fast train in the world! 10/12/2023 0 Comments Cubase elements 11 vs proFor example, Elements now includes side‑chaining options and Artist now includes support for VariAudio 3, ARA2 and unlimited audio, MIDI or instrument tracks. And while not all of these new features trickle down to the Artist and Elements versions, in both cases, there are some nice surprises. That said, on paper, for users of the Pro version, the list of ‘new and improved’ in this upgrade is impressive. While v11 brings all sorts of worthwhile new developments, if you are part of that large user‑base and Cubase helps put food on your table, you can breathe easy moving from any recent (10 or 10.5, for example) version to Cubase 11 is a smooth and painless transition. The current DAW/sequencer marketplace includes many excellent choices, and Cubase is undoubtedly one of the ‘giants’ amongst this product group, with a long history, a large user base, and a comprehensive feature set. So, just what are Steinberg adding in Cubase 11 that might entice existing users to upgrade, or tempt potential new users to take the plunge? On The Shoulders Of Giants Those happy with their current version can, of course, choose to stick but, when presented with a long list of improvements and new features, the temptation to twist can be high. These regular annual upgrade cycles bring out different responses in users. Cubase 11 - in Pro, Artist and Elements versions - is therefore now with us. For many years, Steinberg have been very consistent on this front, with annual upgrades to Cubase released towards the year end. While death and taxes may still be the trump cards in the game of certainty, the inevitability of a tempting upgrade to your favourite music production software can’t come far behind. Steinberg turn the dial up to 11 with a stonking new version of Cubase. |
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