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Continue the Conversation: AVs Driving Employment for People with Disabilities
At the Automated Vehicles Symposium, the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy and the U.S. Department of Transportation co-hosted a listening session on AVs, accessibility, and employment. Help us continue the conversation on the ways in which accessible AVs can be leveraged to drive employment for Americans with disabilities.
Submitted by Adam Brabender (@baldwin) 11 months ago
why, isn't emotional disability, included in the report.?
I think it is great that almost all the disabilities are included in the report, but what is missing is emotional disability. Here is a suggestion, why not have NAMII (national alliance on mental illness l) included as part of the discussion. My suggestion on how to improve cars for people with mental illness, is that medications makes them sleepy behind the wheel and therefore we should try to improve the cars alert... more »
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Submitted by Andy Beran (@andyberan) 1 year ago
Costs of Transportation
I might be overly optimistic, but I have seen the AV technology in action and I have no doubt that it will reach a point where reliable and safe AVs will be deployed in large numbers. But I wonder about the costs of transportation and the willingness of people to pay for it. For instance, most American's spend about $700/month on a privately owned vehicle (gas, car payment, insurance, maintenance, repairs, etc.). So... more »
Submitted by Sheryl Gross-Glaser (@grossglaser) 1 year ago
Question: What is the ending date for this online forum?
I could not find an end date. Please send a message via email to me at grossglaser at ctaa dot org.
Apologies that this is off topic.
Embedding accessibility in the AV revolution
What much of the discussion on this AV forum seems to be asking for is actually universal accessibility and better transportation overall, for all geographic areas, two issues that are not AV issues as much as pleas for improving the transportation system that currently exists. We need universal design for the vehicle accessibility and then for interface accessibility for AVs, designs that allow for the redundancy of... more »
Submitted by ePolicyWorks (@epolicyworks) 1 year ago
Create Federal standards for accessible AVs
The Federal Government needs to take the lead in developing standards for designing accessible vehicles.
Federal grants to purchase AVs
Cities have already begun using federal grants to purchase AVs for shared use (shuttles).
Integrate AVs into existing local transportation partnerships
AVs should use a similar example to the partnerships between local governments, not-for-profits and large employers to provide accessible transportation to work. This model has proven viable for providing transportation to the transportation disadvantaged. For example, the Hope Nework in Michigan - https://hopenetwork.org/transportation-services/
Involve employers and healthcare providers
A business case was made for looking at cost through the lens of savings to employers and healthcare providers when employees or patients show up for work or appointments, rather than missing these activities due to a lack of transportation.
AVs and microtransit in rural areas
On-demand AVs could be combined with microtransit solutions to serve rural areas.
Cost structure for AVs in rural areas
Need to create a cost structure that works for rural communities. The challenge of deploying AVs to rural areas is that the cost increases as population density decreases, trips become longer, and there are more "dead miles," or trips where the vehicle is empty.
Privacy of User Data
AV developers and policymakers should consider the privacy of user data, including disclosure of disability needed to request an AV equipped with the appropriate accessibility features.
Wrap-around services
States should provide wrap-around services to people with disabilities to ensure successful use of AVs, including travel training.
TNCs should consider using AVs as part of their ride programs
TNCs are partnering with cognitive disability advocacy organizations to provide rides to work, subsidized by the state.
Failed Trips
Communication between the vehicle and the user is key; supports should be put in place to assist a user that has experienced a "failed trip" (in other words, has not arrived at the intended destination).
AV features for cognitive disabilities
AV developers should design features that reduce anxiety, such as confirmation that the user has entered the right vehicle and has arrived at the desired destination, special lighting, and trip progress alerts.
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Will edit and add more here, when i make more, or just create a new thread :D, time will tell.
About the first one, see Dudeman's shadow tutorial (http://www.stickpageportal.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73698&highlight=shadow+tutorial). It needs to be eased, pretend it's a real human figure, physics and everything has to be perfect.The Second one was wobbly, you need to practice movements badly.Third one, apart from the stick looking very similar to that animation on front page, it was okay, the line I mean, the stick had off-set easing, you have to look at more tutorials. As for the fourth one, the explosion was not very good, do NOT bevel the explosions, blurring is okay, sometimes. Use onion skin carefully, spend time on each frame, if you want to be better. The blood overflowed to quickly, after all, it was barely 2-3 drops which should have filled approx. 2 cm of the bucket or less. The blood that came out of the wall when the line hit it was okay, except for the fact that it flew a little, make it disappear faster, and make more particles. If you keep practicing, you will improve. For now, practice movements and such, best of luck. Oh and uh, if you are looking for tutorials, go to Newgrounds (http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/flashtutorials), and you shall find some.
I was talking about the blood getting filled up in that bucket thing, it's honestly un-realistic, don't you think?
You should try and make it realistic, that's the whole point of being a good animator, you feel?
Great choice, now make more, I could help you if you want.
Why did you say, if you want, like 5milliontrillionbilliongazillioninfinitytimesten TIMES!? lol.
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There alright, but animate some harder things so we can see how skilled you are.
just listen to .Alkemo. and you'll be fine..


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CELC has 33 employees, 17 full-time and 16 part-time, who care for the kids as if they were their own. Jeron Konkright, recently promoted to Program Manager for CELC, has worked in childcare for the Kalispel Tribe of Indians since August 2015. Five other employees have also recently been promoted within CELC: Shanda Piengkham is now a Language Specialist, Naomi Etling is now the Lead Infant Teacher, Kristi Kells is now an ECEAP Assistant Teacher, Shelley Sutton is now the Lead Toddler Teacher and Mary Russell is now the Lead 2nd-6th Grade Teacher.
Teaming up with the Kalispel Tribe of Indians Language Department, CELC also incorporates the Salish language and unique Kalispel dialect into their daily activities making CELC a truly enriching environment.


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Despite the recent economic slowdown, the World Economic Forum's annual Global Competitiveness Report still ranks the United States as the number one global competitor. Right behind the U.S. are Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden and Singapore. Read the full report here.
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The Institute for Humane Studies has a variety of opportunities for students, scholars and academics interested in the ideas of liberty. In addition to the prestigious Human Studies Fellowship award (up to $12,000 for undergraduate and graduate students) and the Koch Summer Fellowship program, IHS provides internships in journalism, visual production and policy. The Institute also offers Summer and Spring Break seminars during where students can attend lectures by top faculty on lectures on philosophy, economic and political theory.
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Reza, an Illusionist, Will Take Stage at UNK on Thursday, Nov. 11
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UNK– Reza, claimed by critics to be "one of the nation's top illusionists," will take stage on Thursday, Nov. 11, at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
"We booked the larger show this year, and it will be bigger and grander" said Tim Danube, UNK associate director of the Nebraskan Student Union.
Reza's illusions include an assistant vanishing in thin air, a $100 bill trick, reading the thoughts of audience members, a split-second appearance of a motorcycle, an assistant being sliced into four pieces and Reza passing through 300 pounds of steel.
The show, which is free and open to the public, will be presented twice, once at 6:30 p.m. and again at 9 p.m. in the Nebraskan Student Union Ponderosa Room.
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The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D was announced by Nintendo of America in their press release last Thursday that the game is the fastest-selling handheld Zelda title ever in the U.S.! Why not celebrate this with a focused edition of SuperPhillip Central's Favorite VGMs regarding all five 3D Zelda games! We'll start with the OG and my MVP Ocarina of Time, and we'll conclude with Skyward Sword! Equip your Master Sword, raise it in the air, and let's get to the music!
Let's kick things off with this 3D Zelda centric edition of SuperPhillip Central's Favorite VGMs with a special orchestrated version of Gerudo Valley, one of the most popular themes from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. This was performed for the 25th anniversary concert of The Legend of Zelda series several years ago, and it's without question my favorite version of the well loved song.
Not just the song for Day One of Link's journey. Not just the song for Day Two of Link's journey. No, not just the song for Day THREE of Link's journey. No, this is a compilation of all four Clock Town themes for your listening pleasure (the latter being the one when the moon is set to crash into the clock tower). It's a perfect representation of the slow descent of dread and panic the townspeople of Clock Town dive into as the moon draws closer and closer to striking their beloved world.
Every adventure starts somewhere, and with The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, that adventure started at Outset Island, the hometown of our hero Link. Outset Island rests to the south of the Great Sea, and it is also home to this quaint and warm theme as Link walks about the wooden docks, sandy beaches, and grassy knolls of the village.
Only played once in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Midna's Lament plays when Wolf Link needs to rush Midna to Princess Zelda. This lament is a slowed down piano version of the main theme of Twilight Princess, played in a minor key. It's quite heartfelt and evokes a strong emotion in the hearts of its listeners.
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword possesses one of my favorite soundtracks in series history. The second dungeon in Skyward Sword is the Earth Temple, a place full of lava and wicked creatures that Link must combat against. The boss of the temple is a gigantic spider known as Scaldera, just as mean and nasty as the enemies leading up to the fearsome foe.


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Q: What would define a good validation framework? First of all, I know a lot of questions exist on this matter but, after searching through a dozen of pages, I did not find any addressing this subject from this point of view. If such a question exists, please don't hesitate to close this one.
Now, what are the specific facts that would define a good validation framework, judging by:

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*ease of use (in code, hooking into the UI)

*ease of integration (into applications)

*generality (platforms supported: web, desktop, etc.)

*completeness (rules diversity)

Alternatively, what makes a validation framework bad?

A: check out hibernate validator and its integration with seam(with s:validate in your inputText you can validate if data is correct)

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Before I left the office yesterday, I had the genius idea to switch my windshield wiper blades. The blade on the driver's side had been leaving a large streak in my field of vision, and since it was raining slightly, I thought replacing it with the passenger side wiper would be a good idea.
I removed the blades, but when I went to put them back in, to my dismay, they wouldn't fit snugly onto the wipers. Oh dear, this could be bad. I tested the wipers once, and they seemed to be ok, so off I went. Before I even made it to the first stoplight, my driver's side blade flew off my windshield.
I tried (again) putting the blades back on and then headed to the nearest gas station. It wasn't exactly a torrential downpour--it was just enough to completely obscure my vision at any speed over 5 miles per hour.
Safely parked at the gas station (finally), I asked the attendant about wipers and wiper blades, but he had no idea how to fix or install them.
I got out my handy dandy iPhone and found a Ford-only auto repair shop in Boulder, called and asked if they could talk me through fixing my wipers. They tried their best, but it was no use, I still couldn't get the blades securely fastened to the wipers.
The man told me if I could just get to the shop, they could help me out. He assured me they were only about 1-2 miles away from the gas station where I was stranded.
Out of options, I decided to try my luck in reaching the repair shop. I manually wiped off my windshield, plugged the addresses into my GPS, and headed out to find the shop--except I headed the wrong way. I needed to turn around, but my wipers were about to fly off the windshield once again! I pulled into the nearest entrance, were I met a lady closing up her shop for the evening.
I asked her if she had any duct tape, or any kind of tape, but she didn't. She pointed me to a collision place right down the parking lot from her.
At this point, I was a little frantic and almost in tears. The tears would've been another source of frustration for me, as I pride myself as not being one of those girls who cries every time something goes wrong.
At the collision center, I learned their technicians had left for the evening, but the manager thought the place next door was open until six. Once I arrived next door, it turned out they weren't open that late.
I returned to the collision center (this time there were tears) and asked if they had any kind of tape so I could at least make it to the Ford place without having to stop every few minutes to retrieve my wiper blades from the road.
The man must have felt bad for me, because he procured some masking tape and proceeded to tape my blades onto the wipers. It wasn't a permanent fix, but it would at least give me enough time to get to the Ford place.
Upon arrival at the Ford shop, the nice man secured my blades to the wipers in less than 30 seconds. Boy, did I feel like an idiot. I simply hadn't been clipping them on right.
Throughout this ordeal, I didn't talk to any family members; however, the cherry on top of this sundae story is when my mom called.
I was finally calmed down and on my way home when the phone rang.
"Did you get new windshield wiper blades?" my mom asked.
"Huh?! What?! How--?" I stuttered for a few minutes and finally managed, "Did I tell you about the windshield wiper saga, because I don't remember calling you?"
It turned out, at some point during the fiasco I had unknowingly dialed my mom, and she had a voicemail of me discussing the wipers with the mechanic.
At the end of this stressful ordeal, I had a long laugh with my mom, and I'm very grateful for strangers with masking tape and a very nice Ford man!


He became the first Omani and only the fourth Arab driver to win the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East championship.
Oman's 19-year-old racing sensation Al Faisal Al Zubair came up with a flawless display in the Race 1 of Round 6 to emerge the champion of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East in Bahrain on Saturday.
The young Omani only in his second season, has achieved what others of age could only dream of and became the first Omani and only the fourth Arab driver to win the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East championship.
According to news posted on http://www.gt3me.com, a faultless race saw the Omani sensation win Race 1 in style. Taking maximum points in Round 6, which acts as the official support race to the 2018 Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix, Al Zubair added his name to the history books by winning the Season 9 title.


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Beaches at risk: Report reveals alarming pollution along Cape Town's coast
Popular beaches are among 31 polluted sites, long-awaited water quality report shows
29 April 2020 | By Steve Kretzmann News | Cape Town
The City's long-awaited report on coastal water quality shows that water at almost half of all monitoring sites in False Bay fail minimum standards. False Bay receives effluent from three waste water treatment works, as well as stormwater from the Cape Flats. Photo: Steve Kretzmann/WCN
Several of the beaches most loved by Capetonians for surfing, swimming and sunset picnics are polluted enough to fail the minimum water quality guidelines over the last two years, according to a report released by the City of Cape Town.
Muizenberg, Fish Hoek, Monwabisi and Beta Beach are among 31 polluted sites along Cape Town's 307km of coastline, as revealed by the long-awaited coastal water quality report released by the City on 20 March.
The report, titled Know Your Coast, reveals annual results from 2015 to 2019 at 90 testing sites where the City collects samples every two weeks. This is the first report available to the public on coastal water quality since 2013, when the City stopped presenting the water quality results to subcouncils.
The 2018 State of the Environment Report only contained aggregated data from all the sites, and only up to 2016.
Over a third of the sampling sites recorded "poor" water quality during 2019, with 11 of them being chronically polluted, having been recorded as poor every year since 2015. Nine other sites failed the minimum standards in four of the five years, including 2019. Beaches on both the Atlantic coast and in False Bay are affected.
The City of Cape Town scientific services test the samples for the presence of intestinal enterococci and E.coli bacteria. These organisms, particularly enterococci, which survive longer in salt water, indicate the presence of other pathogens. Exposure to high levels of these bacteria and other pathogens causes gastrointestinal illness and upper respiratory infections.
Almost half (45%) of the 49 testing sites in False Bay failed the minimum water quality guidelines in 2019.
The water quality at almost every site from Muizenberg to Strandfontein and from Monwabisi to Gordon's Bay is rated "poor". Most of these sites suffer from chronic pollution, failing the minimum guidelines every year since 2015.
The bay receives wastewater discharge from the Cape Flats waste water treatment plant at Strandfontein, the Zandvliet plant in Macassar, and the Gordon's Bay treatment plant, as well as heavily polluted stormwater from Cape Flats settlements lacking access to water and toilets.
The presence of pharmaceutical compounds and industrial chemicals found in fish brought in to Kalk Bay harbour has been linked to chronic pollution in the bay.
The predominantly clockwise water circulation leads to pollutants being deposited in the middle of the bay and in the north-eastern corner, at Gordon's Bay, as well as in sheltered places such as Simon's Town, Fish Hoek and Muizenberg.
The 22 False Bay sites rated "poor" include Muizenberg station, where hundreds of surfers paddle out almost every day, and Fish Hoek, which is a popular family beach due to its calm waters.
Due to polluted stormwater flowing into the swimming zone from the Fish Hoek central business district, Fish Hoek has been rated "poor" every year except for 2018, when it was rated "excellent".
Effluent flows into False Bay from the waste water treatment works at Strandfontein. "Poor" water quality was found at nearly half the 49 water quality monitoring sites in False Bay, including popular swimming and surfing beaches. Photo: Steve Kretzmann/WCN
The data shows Beta Beach in Bakoven has short-lived pollution spikes due to contaminated stormwater flushed to the ocean following rain - it was at its worst in September 2019. Clifton achieved excellent ratings in 2018 and 2019. But three sites on the Atlantic coast have been rated poor for five consecutive years: Lagoon Beach in Milnerton, Saunders Rocks in Seapoint, and The Kom in Kommetjie.
All three of these are situated at a sewage pump station or, in the case with Lagoon Beach, receive effluent from a sewage plant, which suggest infrastructure failures on the City's part.
Camps Bay has only achieved a "fair" rating for five years running, and is the site of a controversial marine outfall releasing about three million litres of sewage per day 1.4km off the beach at a depth of 23 metres. This sewage is untreated except for being pumped through a mesh to collect solids.
Three Anchor Bay is rated "poor" every year except in 2016, when it was rated "fair". The pollution here is caused by fats and oils illegally poured down the stormwater system, which terminates at the bay. The report notes that an attempt to install an ultraviolet light disinfectant system in the stormwater pipes "failed within a few hours, as the high fat and oil content smothered the systems".
It goes on to state it is "unlikely that poor water quality at Three Anchor Bay is the result of the Green Point marine outfall" which pushes about 30 million litres of sieved sewage into the ocean every day.
The report does not deal with the cause of pollution at Saunders Rocks, which lies on a promontory almost exactly between the Green Point and Camps Bay marine outfalls. Reasons for chronic pollution at The Kom are also not provided, although the report notes it is the site of a sewage pump station.
The City, via Water and Waste Mayco Member Xanthea Limberg, has consistently denied that these sewage outfalls pose a risk to human health or the environment, although some scientists disagree.
The report does note that the "discrete spikes in bacteria counts" at Simonstown's Long Beach, which has also failed water quality guidelines for five years running and is the site of a sewage pump station, are "are almost certainly linked to sewer pump station failure and overflow, and, possibly, effluent from the wastewater treatment works discharging under certain ocean conditions". This may serve as an explanation for pollution at The Kom.
It is known that Lagoon Beach is polluted due to effluent from the Potsdam sewage works discharged into the Diep River and flowing out at the mouth of the Milnerton Lagoon, as well as from polluted stormwater from surrounding industrial areas and informal settlements flowing into the Diep River.
In February this year the Western Cape Government ordered the City to present plans to deal with the unacceptable levels of pollution.
City promises greater transparency
Among a raft of commitments to improve water quality, including management of the inland catchments and investigation of illegal discharge into stormwater systems, the City has promised to publish the coastal water quality report every year and to "facilitate public access to information" by updating results every two weeks on a new online site.
The City has also promised to put up signs where water quality is often poor.
Dr Kevin Winter at UCT's Future Water Institute welcomed the City's commitment to addressing water quality, and said the report was "a good start". But "Beaches at Risk!" would be a more apt title than Know Your Coast, he said.
Winter said though an overview of water quality was useful, it was "not nearly enough". Information from regular monitoring needed to be made available on a website in addition to an annual report, but certain indicators of water pollution could be measured almost in real time through the installation of sensors at testing sites.
He said the City should continually update water quality data for the public in the same way they provide information on muncipal water demand and dam levels.
He said the lag in sewage and stormwater infrastructure investments over the last ten years or more is one of the reasons for the rise in concern in contamination of our coastlines and "hopefully reports like these will improve the urgency to invest in upgrades and stir the commitment of the City Council and Mayco to see water quality as a vital component in the dealing with the health of the city".
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Measuring water quality
Enterococci and E.coli bacteria are measured in colony forming units (cfu) per 100ml. Percentiles of these counts are used to rate the water quality as excellent, good, fair, or poor.
The 24 results collected over the year are arranged from lowest to highest. This means the result from number 23 (second highest) will be the 95th percentile, and result from number 22 (third highest) will be the 90th percentile.
The national guidelines for recreational use, such as bathing, swimming, and surfing, are:
Excellent: less than 100cfu enteroccoci per 100ml at the 95th percentile and less than 250 E.coli per 100ml at the 95th percentile
Good: less than 200cfu enteroccoci per 100ml and less than 500cfu E.coli at the 95th percentile
Fair: less than 185cfu enteroccoci per 100ml at the 90th percentile and less than 500cfu E.coli per 100ml at the 90th percentile.
Poor: More than 185cfu per 100ml for enteroccoci and more than 500 cfu per 100ml for E.coli, at the 90th percentile.
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President Donald Trump sent a personal letter congratulating a Jewish bride and groom on Tuesday. Shlomo Segal and Devorah Ganz were married last night at Ateres Chynka hall in Brooklyn, NY.
Mr. Segal is the son of Rabbi Nate Segal, an informal Jewish advisor to Senator Rand Paul (R-KY).
The letter was hand-delivered by Sergio Gor, Sen. Paul's Communications Director. Gor described Rabbi Segal as "the biggest macher" as he read out the letter on the wedding dance floor.


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Oslo, Norway's capital, like most of the Scandinavian country's cities and towns, boasts bus-lane access for electric vehicles (EVs), recharging stations aplenty, privileged parking, and toll-free travel for electric cars.
The initiative began in the 1990s as an effort to cut pollution, congestion, and noise in urban centres; now its primary rationale is combating climate change.
Today, Norway has the highest per capita number of all-electric [battery only] cars in the world: more than 100,000 in a country of 5.2 million people.
Last year, EVs constituted nearly 40% of the nation's newly registered passenger cars.
And the Norwegian experiment shows every sign of accelerating.
Earlier this year, Norway opened the world's largest fast-charging station, which can charge up to 28 vehicles in about half an hour.
The country, joined by Europe's No 2 in electromobility, the Netherlands, intends to phase out all fossil fuel-powered automobiles by 2025.
Elon Musk, CEO of the US electric car company Tesla Motors, responded to Norway's goal by tweeting: "What an amazingly awesome country.
Norway is the clear electric vehicle pacesetter in Europe, which now has about 500,000 electric vehicles.
China leads the world in EV usage, with about 600,000 all-electric vehicles on its roads and an ambitious plan to deploy 5m EVs by 2020.
The US ranks third globally, with fewer than 500,000 EVs.
But electric vehicle momentum is picking up in the US, as evidenced by the 400,000 people who have paid $1,000 to be on the waiting list for Tesla's $35,000 Model 3 car.
The trailblazing achievements of the Norwegians and the Dutch are just one reason that many experts see 2017 as a crucial breakout year for electric mobility in Europe and beyond.
Experts acknowledge that in the past the numbers have never quite lived up to the hype around EVs or other alternative transportation technologies.
Indeed, in 2016 only 2m electric and hybrid passenger cars were on the road worldwide – about 0.2% of the global fleet; in Europe, significantly less than 1% of new car registrations are battery-electric vehicles (as opposed to hybrid cars).
And key questions still loom, such as whether there will be sufficient renewable energy supplies to power vast new fleets of EVs.
If electric vehicles are charged with fossil fuel-generated electricity, the result is more, not fewer, greenhouse gas emissions.
Source: Power to the EV: Norway spearheads Europe's electric vehicle surge
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The average public sector worker is paid 7.5pc more than his private sector rival when everything else is equal, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, reinforcing the case for the state's pay freeze.
The "pay premium" offered by the public sector is the fundamental gap remaining when differences in workers' education and other variables like qualifications and age are taken out of the equation, the think-tank said.
The planned two-year pay freeze in the public sector would shrink this gap by almost 7 percentage points, said IFS economists, virtually eliminating the discrepancy.
Before the financial crisis, public and private pay levels were roughly in line, once the skew from skills and other differences was stripped out, said the IFS.
The "significant" pay premium emerged after 2008, it said, as the recession hit private sector pay.
The general government pay bill hit £168bn in 2009, representing an average £28,500, including pay and pension costs, for each of the 5.5m public sector workers.
Putting the figure in context, the IFS said the bill was, in comparable prices, a much lower £111bn in 1998.
The two-year pay freeze should not cause widespread recruitment problems in the public sector, as it closes rather than reverses the public-private gap, according to the analysis.
Regional problems could arise, though, the think-tank warned. The wage gap varies by region so in London and the south east, where private sector wages are higher than elsewhere in the country, it is already near to zero.
In these areas the impact of the pay freeze would lead to a negative gap, which was "bound to create recruitment issues", the IFS said.
The think-tank also said that the fact that the pay freeze is only for workers earning over £21,000 could result in a annoying quirk, if workers with salaries just over the threshold see their pay quickly outstripped by colleagues whose salaries were just under, escaping the freeze.
For men, the current underlying premium attached to working in the public sector was identified at 5.2pc, and for women 9.6pc.
When the impact of varying skill levels are included the 'raw' average wage gap is in fact much wider at almost 25pc, the IFS said, since public sector workers tend on average to be more educated than those in the private sector, given the numbers of health and education professionals who commands higher salaries.
The IFS stressed that the pay freeze will not be enough to achieve the spending cuts envisaged by the Government.
Looking at ways to make further savings, the think-tank said public sector pensions are more generous than those in the private sector "and are becoming more so", offering an area to make savings.
As for cutting jobs, the IFS warned, it will be very difficult for some areas the public sector to do so. For example, the Home Office is expected to struggle given that non-voluntary redundancies are "illegal" in the police force.


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Still. Keeping XP. I am keeping XP, Office 2003 and Microsoft Bob. And no matter what you guys say, i am keeping them. (stamp noise) Final.
If they don't make a OS, i can always use the browser.
RE: Opera has taken over!
By the way, I am using Windows 7 64-bit. So i guess you are saying i need to use the control panel stuff, Correct? "It looks like your file type associations are messed up somehow, even for .lnk files...��"
Yes i did use that link. Any Opera besides Next makes everything run on Opera is what i am trying to say.
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Will there ever be a Opera OS for PC's?
When will Opera TV go to public?
When will Opera TV go to public? I want it so bad!


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Critic's pick: Top shows to see in 2023
Sarah Crompton selects the shows she's most excited by this year
Sarah Crompton
Nationwide 03 January 2023
A mosaic of shows featured in Sarah Crompton's top picks
This is a very partial list of what I am really looking forward to in the next few months. These choices are always impossible and never more so than in a year when the cost-of-living crisis is going to put pressure on every ticket bought – at exactly the same moment as audiences haven't quite decided how brave they are feeling about returning to theatre-going anyway.
There are many things I know I will end up enjoying that I haven't included; the list is notably low on new writing, partly because it is just so difficult to predict (which is what makes it hard to sell in the first place) and partly because not all theatres have announced their plans.
But here are the dozen shows that are firmly in my diary.
Sylvia, from 27 January, the Old Vic
Sharon Rose and Beverley Knight
© Chantel King
I am a huge admirer of Kate Prince but even she admits she took on more than she could cope with when she first tried to launch this musical version of the life of the suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst in 2018. When the production – sold as a work in progress – was hit by illness, it closed without ever really opening. Now it's back, redeveloped and complete, but still with Beverley Knight as Emmeline Pankhurst, music by Josh Cohen and DJ Walde and book and lyrics by Prince herself.
Phaedra, from 1 February, National Theatre
Janet McTeer and Assaad Bouab
A mini Greek season (see below) in London theatre begins with Simon Stone's reimagining as writer and director of Seneca's tragedy, starring Janet McTeer as the tragic heroine who falls in love with her husband's son with devastating consequences. He's played by Assaad Bouab (of Call My Agent! fame) making his London stage debut. If it's anything like as gripping as Stone's visceral Yerma at the Young Vic, it will be one of the highlights of the season.
Medea, from 10 February, @sohoplace
Sophie Okonedo and Ben Daniels
© David Gordon
The magnificent Sophie Okonedo returns to the stage for the first time since Antony and Cleopatra in 2018 in this adaptation of Medea, directed by Dominic Cooke. It's the second production by Cooke's own company FictionHouse, following close on the heels of Good with David Tennant, and the fact that such a fine director is bringing serious drama to the West End feels like a good deed at a difficult time. The production is all the more intriguing because Ben Daniels (so strong in Cooke's production of The Normal Heart) is taking on all the male roles.
Oklahoma!, from 16 February, Wyndham's Theatre
Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! at the Young Vic
© Marc Brenner
Another cheering act of faith that challenging work can thrive in the West End is represented by this transfer of Daniel Fish's thorough-going rethinking of a Rogers and Hammerstein classic. What I admire about this production is the way it honours the score (played by a bluegrass band) while examining its darker sub-text. It also makes the choice Laurey (Anoushka Lucas) has to make between cocky Curly (Arthur Darvill) and sad misfit Jud, a real one. Patrick Vaill's performance as Jud just won a Standard award; it is one of the best and most nuanced things you will ever see.
Top Girls, from 3 March, Liverpool Everyman
Suba Das
© Pamela Raith
Forty years on, Caryl Churchill's searing play about the unenviable choices facing women has lost none of its savage power. It's smart of the Liverpool Everyman to revive it and to ask Churchill to reimagine it to suit the city in which it is played. Helmed by the theatre's creative director Suba Das, it forms part of an enterprising season which also includes Richard III, directed by and starring Adjoa Andoh (of Bridgerton fame), which opens on 6 April, produced in partnership with Rose Theatre, Kingston where it runs from 26 April.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, from 24 March, Royal Exchange
Roy Alexander Weise with fellow Royal Exchange artistic director Bryony Shanahan
© Lee Baxter
I'm a sucker for big, sprawling American drama (see below), and for all the grand guignol excess of Tennessee Williams, he's still a playwright who strikes truth from the human heart. The casting of this revival has not yet been announced and will be crucial, but the fact that it is directed by Roy Alexander Weise makes me confident.
Dancing at Lughnasa, from 6 April, National Theatre
Ardal O'Hanlon, Siobhán McSweeney and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
The original Abbey Theatre production of Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa transferred to the National Theatre in 1990 where the infinite subtlety of his description of the shafts of happiness and ultimate sadness afflicting the lives of a family of Irish sisters won it the Olivier Award for Best Play. It repeated the success on Broadway and has gone on to become a classic example of the power of a memory play. Now it returns, in a production directed by Josie Rourke, and with a cast including Siobhán McSweeney, so memorable as Sister Michael in Derry Girls, Ardal O'Hanlon, and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor.
The Secret Life of Bees, from 8 April, Almeida Theatre
Tarinn Callender, Danielle Fiamanya, Rachel John and Ava Brennan
This pedigree of this musical adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's novel is golden. It's got a book by Lynn Nottage (who wrote Sweat) and a score by Duncan Sheik (responsible for Spring Awakening), lyrics by Susan Birkenhead (Tony-nominated for Jelly's Last Jam) and is directed by Whitney White who is being talked about as one of the hottest young directing talents in the US. The story follows a Black housekeeper and her white charge who run away from home in South Carolina in 1964 and find a refuge in a honey farm. Apart from its awkward title, all the odds are in its favour.
The Motive and the Cue, 20 April, National Theatre
Johnny Flynn, Mark Gatiss and Tuppence Middleton
© Dan Wooller
As someone obsessed with Richard Burton's Hamlet, directed by John Gielgud, I cannot wait to see Jack Thorne's new play inspired by the making of the production and the backstage clashes that resulted when two generations of theatrical thinking and of art and celebrity suddenly collided. Johnny Flynn stars as Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor (Tuppence Middleton) with Mark Gatiss playing Gielgud. If you want to whet your appetite, watch the real thing on YouTube. It's a tantalising glimpse of greatness nearly achieved.
Groundhog Day, 20 May, the Old Vic
Andy Karl in Groundhog Day
© Manuel Harlan
When Groundhog Day, with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin and a book by Danny Rubin, premiered at the Old Vic in 2016, it seemed set for success, opening to a string of five-star reviews. But despite a similarly favourable reception, the Broadway run, also starring Andy Karl, closed after only 176 performances and there was no US tour. Its relative lack of success is hard to understand; it is a heart-warming show full of attractive tunes and featured a winning central performance. It will be fascinating to see if it achieves take-off this time. My feeling is that a musical about a man whose hard heart is healed by small-town care, should have a chance of success in our difficult days.
La Cage aux Folles, from 29 July, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Artwork for La Cage aux Folles
© Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Anyone who has ever sung "I Am What I Am" at the top of their voice should be rushing to book tickets for Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman's musical, written in 1983, and still one of the best of the past few decades. Here directed by Timothy Sheader, it's a tribute to the power of acceptance, tolerance, love and the true meaning of family, and raises the spirits in even the bleakest of times.
Long Day's Journey Into Night with Brian Cox
No theatre and no date are yet announced for Jeremy Herrin's production of Eugene O'Neill's lengthy classic about a theatrical family fading into the night. Yet the opportunity to see Brian Cox take on the leading role of James Tyrone, terrifying paterfamilias and dreamer has to make it one of the most eagerly anticipated theatrical events of the year.
Dominic Cooke
Rose Theatre
Liverpool Everyman
Roy Alexander Weise
Anoushka Lucas
Andy Karl
Top Girls
Adjoa Andoh
Tuppence Middleton
Eugene O 'Neill
Ardal O 'Hanlon
Daniel Fish
Susan Birkenhead


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Legislators Learn of Fracking Damage
John Rumpler
Senior Director, Clean Water for America Campaign and Senior Attorney, Environment America
Environment Massachusetts and 11,700 Residents Urge Ban on Dirty Drilling
Environment Massachusetts
Boston – This morning, at the state legislature's first-ever hearing on fracking, Environment Massachusetts presented petitions from more than 11,700 residents calling on Beacon Hill to ban the dirty drilling process, which has polluted drinking water and made nearby residents sick in other states. The petitions show wide support for H.788, a bill introduced by Representatives Peter Kocot and Denise Provost to ban fracking — and the processing of its toxic wastewater — in the Commonwealth.
"In every state where fracking has occurred, from Pennsylvania to Colorado, it has been an environmental disaster," said Ben Hellerstein, field associate for Environment Massachusetts. "The time to protect Massachusetts communities from the dangers of fracking is now."
Local concern about fracking has grown since last December, when an industry-affiliated group met with Western Massachusetts landowners to discuss the prospects for drilling in the Pioneer Valley. Moreover, as New York mulls large-scale fracking next door, drilling operators could soon view Western Massachusetts as a convenient dumping ground for toxic fracking wastewater.
"In light of the threats to our environment and to our health, we cannot allow fracking – or its toxic waste – to come to Massachusetts," said Representative Denise Provost, sponsor of H.788.
Bill H.788 would protect the Commonwealth from both of these threats by both banning fracking and its wastewater. Vermont has already enacted a similar law, and New Jersey legislators voted overwhelmingly for a ban on fracking waste (and citizens there are calling for an override of Governor Christie's veto).
Laced with cancer-causing and even radioactive materials, fracking wastewater has contaminated drinking water sources from Pennsylvania to New Mexico. For Western Massachusetts, such threats are heightened by the fact that many communities in the Pioneer Valley rely on groundwater as their sole source of drinking water.
"The quantity and quality of our existing water supply is invaluable and irreplaceable," declared Mayor Michael Tautznik of Easthampton. "Gambling our water against the known dangers of this dirty drilling is a loser's proposition."
In addition to contaminating drinking water, fracking and its toxic waste poses myriad other threats to the environment and public health—including air pollution, land degradation, and global warming pollution, explained John Rumpler, senior attorney for Environment Massachusetts, who testified at the hearing of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.
Next week, Environment Massachusetts Research & Policy Center will release a report quantifying the damage fracking has imposed in other states so far.
"By sponsoring a ban on fracking, these legislators are standing tall against the oil and gas industry. And today, thousands of their constituents are standing with them," Rumpler concluded.
Environment Massachusetts is a statewide, citizen-based environmental non-profit organization working toward a cleaner, greener, healthier future. www.environmentmassachusetts.org
© 2023 Environment Massachusetts
Visit the website of Environment Massachusetts Research & Policy Center, our sister 501(c)(3) organization.


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Q: Integral calculation: $\int_0^1 (x-\sqrt{x}+\sqrt[3]{x}-\sqrt[4]{x}+\cdots) \, dx$ $$K=\int_0^1 (x-\sqrt{x}+\sqrt[3]{x}-\sqrt[4]{x}+\cdots) \, dx$$
I'm looking for an exact solution for this integral. Thank you very much.

A: $$x - x^{1/2} + x^{1/3} - \ldots = (-1)^{1+ 1} (x)^{1/1} + (-1)^{2+1} (x)^{1/2} + \ldots = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^{n+1} x^{1/n}$$
This series doesn't converge for $0 < x \le 1$. We can't integrate it.
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For $0 < x \le 1$:
$$\lim_{n \to \infty} \sup \{ (-1)^{n+1} x^{1/n} \}= 1 \neq 0$$
The series fails to converge (using the limit test).

A: $$\int_0^1 x^{1/n}dx=\frac{n}{n+1}$$ hence $$K=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(-1)^{n+1}\frac{n}{n+1}$$
you should be able to continue ...

A: If $x-\sqrt{x}+\sqrt[3]{x}-\sqrt[4]{x}+\cdots$ converges then $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty} \sqrt[n] x =0$.  But in fact $\lim\limits_{n\to\infty} \sqrt[n] x =1$, so the function to be integrated is not well defined in the usual sense.
An integral $\displaystyle \int(A+B+C+\cdots)$ can be written as $\displaystyle\int A + \int B+\int C+\cdots$ if there are only finitely many terms, but it doesn't always work with infinitely many terms, and one might wonder whether a convergent series would result in this case:
$$
\int_0^1 (x-\sqrt{x}+\sqrt[3]{x}-\sqrt[4]{x}+\cdots)\, dx = \frac 1 2 - \frac 2 3 + \frac 3 4 - \frac 4 5 + \cdots.
$$
But again, the absolute values of the terms approach $1$ rather than $0$, so the series diverges.
There are non-standard "summation methods" by which series that don't converge in the simple sense taught in high school have sums in another sense.  Whether any of those can be applied here I don't know.

A: Given
$$
K = \int_0^1 ( x - \sqrt{x} + \sqrt[3]{x} - \sqrt[4]{x} + \cdots )
$$
Write this as
$$
K = - \int_0^1 \sum_{k=1}^\infty (-1)^k x^{1/k}
$$
Thus
$$
K = - \sum_{k=1}^\infty (-1)^k \int_0^1 x^{1/k} = \sum_{k=1}^\infty (-1)^k \left[ \frac{1}{1/k+1} x^{1/k+1} \right]_0^1
$$
So
$$
K = - \sum_{k=1}^\infty (-1)^k \frac{k}{1+k}
$$
We obtain
$$
K = \frac{1}{2} - \frac{2}{3} + \frac{3}{4} - \frac{4}{5} + \cdots
$$
or
$$
K = - \frac{1}{2 \cdot 3} - \frac{1}{4 \cdot 5} - \frac{1}{6 \cdot 7} - \cdots
$$
or
$$
K = - \frac{1}{6} - \frac{1}{20} - \frac{1}{42} - \cdots
$$
Which can be written as $\ln(2) - 1$, so
$$
\int_0^1 ( x - \sqrt{x} + \sqrt[3]{x} - \sqrt[4]{x} + \cdots ) = \ln(2) - 1
$$

A: However, if we interpret $x-\sqrt{x}+\sqrt[3]{x}-\sqrt[4]{x}+\ldots$ as $\sum_{n=1}^\infty\,\left(x^{\frac{1}{2n-1}}-x^{\frac{1}{2n}}\right)$, then this series converges uniformly on any interval $[\epsilon,1]$ for $\epsilon>0$.  Hence, the required integral would then be $\sum_{n=1}^\infty\,\left(\frac{2n-1}{2n}-\frac{2n}{2n+1}\right)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty\,\left(-\frac{1}{2n}+\frac{1}{2n+1}\right)=-1+\ln(2)$.


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EPs, Opinion, Reviews 1
Daniel Land: 'This Record Inspired Me' ~ Sway – The Millia Pink And Green EP
By Daniel Land · On September 11, 2013
One of the questions you get asked over and over again when you release records is what your influences are. There's a kind of politics to this; you learn pretty quickly that it's fine to name-check certain artists but not others, and you get into the habit of slightly massaging your responses to give an impression of yourself as an artist with good catholic tastes – name-checking a few newer artists and a handful of old masters – and never, ever revealing any of the really embarrassing stuff. You know, the foundation stuff, the things you heard in your parents car when you were barely aware of what music was, which probably had more of an effect on what kinds of melodies and sounds you respond to than anything cool you could care to think of in later life. The kind of artists that would raise eyebrows if you mentioned them in polite company, like Deacon Blue or Gloria Estefan or whatever.
But I think I'm fairly unique in being able to say that I pretty much owe my whole career to one track that I heard in a field when I was 26 years old. I've used the track in question, "Fall" by the Californian band Sway, for years now as an example of what I think constitutes great new shoegaze music, I just realised this week, when recommending it to a friend caused me to glance casually at Sway's Bandcamp page, that on Monday it was exactly a decade old.
I first heard the track in 2007, when I witnessed an Ulrich Schnauss DJ set at the Big Chill festival. It was midnight, it was starting to rain, and the scattering of people sat on the hill around one of the minor stages were beginning to drift away when Ulrich began his set. The latter half of set was fairly standard electronica fare, and I probably would have drifted away as well had Ulrich not opened with the Sway track and a selection of some of the best new shoegaze music I'd ever heard. I was then as I am now a die-hard fan of Cocteau Twins and Slowdive and had privately been making my own music for several years, but I had never heard any of this new shoegaze music before.
I subsequently sent a – rather gushing, in retrospect – email to Ulrich, asking what he had played, and it was from his generous reply that I came to realise that there was a major shoegaze resurgence happening under most peoples radars – a very healthy and organic scene, made up of fans and bands sharing tracks on Myspace, with shoegaze-influenced artists in all corners of the world seemingly aware of each other and doing gig swaps and things like that. Bands like Elika, Mahogany, The Daysleepers, A Shoreline Dream, and Fleeting Joys.
At the time I had some demos on my Myspace page which I'd never shared with anyone outside of a couple of friends; it was only after Ulrich's exceptionally kind (and unsolicited) words about those tracks that I got around to releasing my own music. In fact I was so inspired that I wrote and released the whole of Voss EP – my first release – in about four weeks, mainly by myself with a little help from my good friend Graeme Meikle, and Oisin Scarlett, who contributed an instrumental track to round out the EP. That's "Within The Boundaries", "Locust", "Lostening" and "The Magic In My Head", some of my favourite tracks and what some consider to be my best work – not bad for a month's work.
I'm sure I would have released my music eventually, in one form or another, but that newfound confidence was key – and as it turned out, I got involved just at the right time, anticipating the shoegaze revival (well, at least in terms of when the press became interested in it) by about a year or so. Everything that came later, from working with Ulrich Schnauss, to the Sonic Cathedral connection and my first record deals, the subsequent Daniel Land & The Modern Painters albums, and then being asked to join Engineers and The Steals – just lined up perfectly.
The record remains criminally neglected and unknown outside a small cadre of hardcore shoegaze fans. But it's safe to say that without Sway there would have been no Daniel Land & The Modern Painters, and for that I am eternally thankful.
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Nigel Alderson says: September 18, 2013 at 4:05 pm
What a super read, Danny. You are such a dear. 🙂
And absolutely right, of course, The Millia Pink and Green is gorgeous! <3


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a koreai mitológiában a Nap, a Hold és a Csillagok szellemének összefoglaló neve. Keletkezésükről az idők során több történet is fennmaradt, ezeket a történeteket pedig az eredetmítoszokhoz sorolják.

Mítoszok

Az Ég és Föld Királyának krónikája

Ez az eredetmítosz a Csedzsu-szigetéről származó, sámánok által elbeszélt,  más keletkezéstörténeteket is tartalmazó  található. A történet szerint kezdetben nem létezett sem a föld, sem az ég, csupán a nagy üresség volt. Egyszer azonban rés keletkezett az űrben, és kettéválasztotta az eget és a földet. Az égből egy kék harmatcsepp szállt le, a földből pedig egy fekete harmat emelkedett ki. Ebből a két harmatcsepp keverékéből születtek meg az emberek és az istenek is. Egy nap Cshondzsivang, az Ég és Föld Uralkodója kakaskukorékolásra ébredt. A Három Kakas Császár, az Ég Császára:  , a Föld Császára:  és az Emberek Császára:  azért kukorékolt, mert nem volt Nap az égen. Hogy Cshondzsivang eleget tegyen kérésüknek, megalkotta számukra a két napot és a két holdat.

Az univerzum megalkotásának éneke

A Hamgjong tartományi Hamhungból származó  szerint eleinte az ég és a föld elválaszthatatlanok voltak. Ekkor , ismertebb nevén Maitreya bódhiszattva négy rézoszlopot állított fel, szétválasztva az eget és földet, majd a két holdból elpusztította az egyiket, és darabjaiból létrehozta a Nagy Göncölt és a Nyilas csillagképét. Ugyanígy a két nap egyikéből pedig kisebb-nagyobb csillagokat hozott létre, a kisebb csillagok irányították a közemberek életét, a nagyobb csillagok pedig a királyét és a miniszterekét.

Jono és Szojo története

Ez a történet a Silla korból származik, és a Nap és Hold fényének eltűnéséről szól. A keleti tengerparton élt egy házaspár,  és . Jono egyik nap hínárt gyűjtött a tengerparton, amikor a szeme láttára egy kő emelkedett ki a tengerből, amire felkapaszkodott és egyenesen Japánba vitte őt. A japánok annyira megkedvelték, hogy királlyá választották. Mikor Jono nem tért vissza a feleségéhez, Szojo férje keresésére indult, és a kő megint felbukkant a tengerből, és az asszonyt is Japánba vitte, ahol a házaspár újra találkozott egymással. Eközben Sillában egyszerre csak eltűnt a Nap és a Hold fénye. Egy jós azt mondta az udvarnak, azért történt mindez, mert a Nap és a Hold fénye Japánba távozott. A király követet küldött Japánba, hogy visszahozza a Nap és Hold fényét. A követ ott találkozott Jonóval, és  elmondta neki, mi történt az országban. Jono ekkor megajándékozta a követet egy selyemruhával - amit felesége szőtt – azzal az üzenettel, hogy áldozatbemutatáskor ha ezt a ruhát használják, visszatér a Nap és Hold fénye. A követ hazatért, megtartották az áldozati szertartást és a fény valóban vissza is tért az égitestekbe.

Népmese a Hold és a Nap születéséről

A leghíresebb történet a Nap és Hold keletkezéséről egy népmese, mely szerint egy időben csak a csillagok léteztek az égen. Élt ekkor egy édesanya és két gyermeke,  és . Az édesanyjuk szegény parasztasszony volt, aki minden nap rizssüteményt árult a megélhetésért. Az anya egy nap hazafelé tartva a faluból összetalálkozott egy tigrissel a dombtetőn. A tigris követelte az asszonytól, hogy adja neki a rizssüteményeket, cserébe meghagyja az asszony életét. Az anya így is tett, azonban a tigris nem tartotta be a szavát, és felfalta az asszonyt is, majd magára vette annak ruháit. A tigris folytatta útját az asszony otthonába, a testvérpár felé. Hesik és Dalszun aggódtak, hogy anyjuk még nem tért haza a faluból. A tigris közben megérkezett a házukhoz. Rájuk rontott, de a testvérek elfutottak. A tigris utánuk szaladt, de nem találta őket. A keresés közben a tigris a kút vízének tükrében észrevette a testvérpárt, amint a fán találtak maguknak menedéket. A tigris utánuk akart mászni, de a testvérek ekkor az éghez fohászkodtak segítségért. Egyszer csak az égből leereszkedett egy kötél, a két testvér pedig felmászott rá és a kötél segítségével a mennybe jutottak. A tigris követve a testvérek példáját, szintén az éghez imádkozott segítségért. Ekkor újabb kötél ereszkedett le, a tigris el is indult felfelé, de a kötél már rothadt volt, elszakadt és a tigris a mélybe zuhant egy kölesföldre, vérével áztatva a kölest. (A monda alapján gondolják úgy a koreaiak, hogy a tigris vére miatt lett vörös a köles szára.) A testvérpár égitestekké változott, Hesik lett a Nap:  és Dalszun lett a  Hold: .

Az égitestek szerepe a koreai hagyományokban

A koreai hagyományokban nagy szerepe van az égitesteknek, legfőképp a Holdnak. Az évszakokhoz köthető szokások mind a holdnaptáron alapulnak. Úgy tartották, hogy az égitestek befolyásolhatják az emberek életét, jövőjét, ezért imádkozni, áldozatot bemutatni, jósolni szoktak a siker, egészség és jó szerencse érdekében. A három nagy koreai ünnepet, a Szollalt, a cshuszokot és a csongvol teborumot is a holdnaptár szerint tartják meg.

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Is Salt And Sacrifice Worth It: Should You Buy?
By Martin Bell May 13, 2022Last Updated: May 13, 2022
Fans have been waiting for a sequel to Salt and Sanctuary for a long time as it has set a high bar for its sequel to reach and surpass because of its compelling world, bewildering level design, and its amazing art direction and but now that the wait has ended and the product has found its way into the hand of the fans. Salt and Sacrifice has been released officially, and it begs some serious questions such as; Is Salt and Sacrifice worth it, and is Salt and Sacrifice worth buying? Continue reading our take on it and learn it all.
Salt and Sacrifice is a 2D action role-playing game with Metroidvania and souls like elements, somewhat similar to the critically acclaimed masterpiece Hollow Knight by Team Cherry. Salt and Sacrifice offers an unforgiving world to explore with crumbling castles, bewildering yet compelling level design, and a chill-inducing atmosphere.
The game has a central hub where you meet different NPCs, trade items with said NPCs, upgrade your weapons and armor, and level up after interacting with a specific altar to distribute those levels in a vast skill tree.
Salt and Sacrifice takes a lot of inspiration from Dark Souls just like Salt and Sanctuary, which brought Dark Souls level design and combat in a 2D space. If you're an old From Software who has played the likes of Dark Souls, then you should feel right at home with this game, but if you're one of the new fans who took advantage of Elden Ring accessibility features, then Salt and Sacrifice won't hold your hand as Elden Ring did.
What Is Salt And Sacrifice
New Gameplay Mechanics In Salt And Sacrifice
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Is Salt and Sacrifice Worth Your Time?
fighting your way through crumbling castles
As a follow-up to Salt and Sanctuary, The plot of Salt and Sacrifice revolves around an inquisitor who has been condemned to hunt wizards and mages who are a threat to society and to rid the world of them. Salt and Sacrifice has an easy enough tutorial with a tutorial boss who's strong enough to make you question my previous statement, but you are not supposed to beat this boss.
The tutorial boss is one of those bosses with whom you just have to accept your fate and welcome death with open arms. After the tutorial, you reach Pardoner's Vale (the central hub), and from there, you can travel to any zone and are pretty much free to do whatever you want.
Pardoner's Vale (Central Hub)
Salt and Sacrifice seems to deliver on every mechanic that made its predecessor such a hit. It offers a beautiful world with unforgiving bosses, improved art direction, compelling combat with various builds, and a vast skill tree, but Salt and Sacrifice also improves on a few things and introduces new mechanics to keep things fresh.
Instead of having one continuous map like its predecessor, Salt and Sacrifice has five distinct zones. All are unique and enormous. Definitely, one of the strong points when it comes to deciding whether Salt and Sacrifice is worth it or not.
The game tries to add new mechanics to the game to expand the experience further, but it doesn't quite pay off because some of the new mechanics actually degrade the quality of the Salt and Sacrifice instead of improving it.
One of the things newly added in Salt and Sacrifice is the Arch, and The Arch is a teleporter that teleports your character to new locations where you can find Mages. Exploration and Mages are directly tied to progression, so you will need to find and hunt Mages and devour their hearts if you wish to progress in the story.
This is not a welcoming change for many fans because even though the mages are like your traditional bosses. It is a little similar to the game Monster Hunter where you have to find and hunt monsters on the map to gain materials to improve and upgrade your gear.
In Salt and Sacrifice, you also have to find and hunt down different Mages throughout each zone until the mage settles in a standard boss arena where you can fight it properly, and upon defeating the Mage, you are awarded materials, new weapons, and armor.
Salt and Sacrifice introduces monster hunter-like mechanics such as repeatable bosses and roaming area bosses where you have to chase the boss throughout the zone, but unlike Monster Hunter, there are no maps, and each zone is huge so exploration is also mandatory for progression.
Unfortunately, Monster Hunter, Dark Souls, and Metroidvania don't mix well together. It's like mixing ammonia and bleach. They result in a regretful outcome because it adds a form of repetition to the game. If you're a fan of Monster Hunter and like to kill the same boss for more loot, then this could be a welcoming change for you because you receive unique weapons and armor for defeating Mages in Salt and Sacrifice.
If hunting Mages was optional, then this could've been overlooked, but since it's required to progress in the game. It doesn't do much except artificially elongates the time it takes to beat the game. It's definitely pretty disappointing and a downside for most fans.
As far as exploration goes, It is perfectly executed in Salt and Sacrifice. Exploring a new area always feels intimidating and unsettling thanks to its carefully designed art direction and soundtrack so it feels unique for every zone in Salt and Sacrifice, As it also makes the game feel a lot more immersive.
Another mechanic added in Salt and Sanctuary is a co-op, PvP, and PvE features. The multiplayer is activated after using the summoning candle, and it can only be used by players who have atoned for their sins by consuming a guiltless shard. Now, this is a welcoming feature.
Unlike Dark Souls co-op, the co-op in Salt and Sacrifice is rather simple. All you need is to enter a password, the player you wish to play with also enters the same password, and you will be able to play Salt and Sacrifice from start to finish together without being kicked out of the world after defeating a boss like in Dark Souls.
This is definitely one of the major improvements from its predecessor in Salt and Sacrifice. The game also has multiple PvP modes, including an invasion mechanic similar to invasions in Dark Souls.
As for the gameplay, It's quite similar to its predecessor Salt and Sanctuary with a few improvements. Salt and Sacrifice has new features, such as the grappling hook. The animations are tighter and have improved, the game interface has also improved a lot compared to its predecessor, and in general, there is a lot of quality of life improvements in Salt and Sacrifice. And more features will be added after release.
Despite its flaws, Salt and Sacrifice is still worth playing and experiencing at least once, especially if you're a fan of the Salt and Sanctuary and Dark Souls series of video games. It gives the players an unforgiving world to explore with a lot of variety in playstyle. The game offers various builds, unique weapons, armor, compelling art direction, a ton of enemy variety in different zones, amazing level design, and a chill-inducing atmosphere.
Sure, the game falls behind in a few things, like the unnecessary grind of finding and hunting Mages just for the sake of progression. The story is also pretty forgettable at times, and with the lack of maps and fast travel, exploring the five different zones can feel a little repetitive or simply a hassle, and controls can sometimes be a little frustrating sometimes.
However, the co-op in Salt and Sacrifice saves it from being a total pass because it is easily accessible, the co-op elevates the experience, and the grind becomes more bearable when the pain is shared. Perhaps this is Ska Studio's intended way of playing Salt and Sacrifice.
But still, we are confident that fans of the original Salt and Sanctuary will not be disappointed because this game is still very much worth your time and investment. And Salt and Sacrifice is indeed worth it.
Salt and Sacrifice
Ska Studios makes a return to the gaming industry with their latest release of Salt and Sacrifice on the PS4, PS5, and PC. Salt and Sacrifice is the long-awaited sequel to the critically acclaimed Salt and Sanctuary, released over six years ago.
That wraps up our take on the game and whether or not Salt and Sacrifice is worth buying. Do let us know what you think about the game in the comment section below and if you agree with how we think about the game.
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