Is Your Supply Chain Ready for Black Friday and Cyber Monday?
It's kind of the name of the game this time of year. If you shopped online for Black Friday deals with two-day shipping, you've probably got packages arriving today. It's also Cyber Monday (which has basically turned into Black Friday with a different name if you're an online shopper). And supply chain is the thing that makes these online deals possible. When you order online, supply chain is what gets the goods to your door. Or to the store for you to pick up. Or to the store for you to buy in person.
With the exponential rise in online shopping, pushed largely by Amazon, many people are skipping in-store Black Friday shopping and going straight for the online deals. And supply chain has to deal with all the extra ordering.
Extra stress on the system means that you have to be flexible and always-on, but knowing that you have a set date for and influx means that you can pre-prepare to set your supply chain up for success.
What do supply chains that survived and thrived on the Black Friday sales weekend look like?
Whether your goods are still being manufactured, in transit, or they are already in your DCs/stores, you need to know where your goods are. You can't ship or manufacturing that you can't find.
Do you need more people to cover the flex? Are your tools (machines) up and ready? Do you have enough physical space for the goods you're trying to move? Have you checked that each channel in your omnichannel fulfillment process ready? Omnichannel fulfillment can also alleviate supply stress by allowing orders to be fulfilled through whichever channel has the most goods available.
3PLs like UPS and FedEx will be strained this weekend (and pretty much every week leading up to Christmas). While they are also adding capacity, are you ready for any back-ups or problems that they may have? Customers will be asking you, not them. Make sure you have realistic delivery commitments that are agreed upon by your 3PL. 3PLs will often add value-added services (like kitting and packaging) during this time, so make sure you take advantage of them.
For the 2018 Prime Day that Amazon put on, they had a system crash and it was a big deal. Nobody could get on to buy product and it frustrated a lot of customers. Make sure that your system is ready for the heavy load that is coming, especially during times that have been advertised as having a great deal.
If you cross-train your people, they're able to jump into whatever role might be needed the most and can save you when you're hitting a pinch point. Also, take care of your people. If you treat them poorly to push your supply chain and then lose them, you're only going to be worse off – plus, it's just basic human decency.


Artistic Directors Joseph Leo Bwarie and Dimitri Toscas have set the 2017-2018 Inaugural Season at the newly established nonprofit Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank.
To celebrate, the Garry Marshall Theatre will hold a free public event, Start With Art at the Marshall, on Saturday, August 5, 2017 from 10 a.m. to noon. The morning will include local eats, coffee and organic juices, free art projects, and special raffle prizes.
"We want the new Garry Marshall Theatre to be an expression of our community, a platform for up-and-coming artists," says Toscas. "Our hope is to create more of these opportunities for collaborations with boundary-pushing theater-makers in Los Angeles. The inaugural season is made up of four plays by Tony-winning playwrights, each celebrating the spirit and innovation of ART, and each connected, in some way, to Garry himself," says Toscas.
Inspired by world-renowned Opera diva Maria Callas' magnificent JuiIliard master class series, Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning play spotlights the tour-de-force artist and vulnerable woman known as La Divina. Join Callas as she relentlessly coaxes, prods, and edifies her young students, motivating them to give the performances of their lives, while revealing her humor, her demons and her genius.
Intended for an adult audience and may contain adult language and situations.
The Gods of Comedy are pleased! Broadway's big, fat Roman musical is back, with a new spin on Pulitzer Prize-winner Stephen Sondheim's raucous comedy that pays tribute to the original funny man himself, Plautus. Ancient Rome is turned on its ear in this bawdy romp of mistaken identity and twisting plots, where secrets hide behind every toga.
Unapologetically flamboyant and fearlessly groundbreaking, iconic New York sculptor Louise Nevelson reveals her artistic triumphs and her tumultuous personal struggles in a most unconventional interview. Determined to be seen and heard in a predominantly male-driven medium, she muses on her sordid past in Edward Albee's poignant work about his friend, one of the most singular sculptors of the 20th century. Occupant is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Winner of the 2016 Ovation Award for Puppetry Design, and nominated for three Ovation and six Stage Raw Awards, this delightfully macabre take on The Adventures of Pinocchio brings a little wooden puppet to life at the hands of the drunken wood-maker Geppetto in the tumbledown tourist trap amusement park of Shoreside. Their lives spiral through a world of bullies, profiteers, and showmen, until they must face their darkest fears in the belly of the legendary monster, the Dogfish. Combining masks, dance, music, interactive sets, multiple puppetry traditions, projected media, sophisticated 3D effects, and illusions, Wood Boy Dog Fish is Pinocchio like only the Rogues could imagine it.
This show contains mature content and may not be suitable for children under 13 years old.


H: "How do you read for that long? You've been reading for like 2 hours!"
Me: "I know, it's great; I never get to read. And guess what I'm reading about. Writing!"
Writer friends, grammar-loving friends, or reader friends who sometimes pay more attention to the writing than the story: You should read this.
First the Catholic school skirt post, now this.
I need book recommendations-- 11-12-yo boys, good readers but not avid readers, ideally something not heavy fantasy/post-apocalyptic and not an athlete who's trying to navigate the world (and field) after losing one or both parents (this is a surprisingly common theme ).
There has to be something I'm not thinking of.
Reader friends-- add this to your list! I'm still mid-read, so I don't have a full review yet, but I can tell you already-- you should be reading it.
My Lit degree, in 9 slides.
I either don't read for 6 months or read 3 books in a week. There is no in between.
Bridal Girl is the seventh book that I've read-- and reviewed and loved!-- from Meredith Schorr. Meredith and I only know each other through social media (and really, isn't that most relationships these days?!), but I have said from my very first review: I just get her jokes. Her characters are relatable, her pop culture references are timely but universal, her dialogue is conversational and easy to follow, and her plot lines-- though sometimes exaggerated for entertainment, as expected in romantic comedy-- are funny and real.
Bridal Girl is Book 3 of the Blogger Girl series, and starts with Kim-- who we first met in Blogger Girl (Book 1)-- engaged to the man of her dreams, all ready for her Happily ever After. But there are still 7 months, +/-17 problems, and about 700 things to get through before the big day... Planning a wedding is not for the faint of heart. Add in a deadline for her second novel, and Kim is just about pushed over the edge.
I like to clean out. I love to organize. I get excited when a consignment-style shop gives me $6 for my old clothes.
But. Sometimes saying you're organized is easier than actually being-- or even harder: staying-- organized.
We look to a blog post, a magazine article, a Pinterest board, a Target end cap, for ideas. But sometimes fancy labels and trendy bins are failed organization attempts in disguise. A cute container does not an organized closet make. (In addition to organizing, I also like strange language patterns [nerd].) But really, it's true. This is just one of the topics that Laurie Palau covers in her new book Hot Mess: A Practical Guide to Getting Organized.
I love that the title includes the word PRACTICAL, because that's one of the things I immediately noticed about Laurie's style. Recently, she posted a thought that totally resonated with me: "The [really popular recent] method of only holding onto things that spark joy in your life sparked a revolution of people decluttering-- which is great-- but it's unrealistic. My daughter's lacrosse stick sparks no joy in my life, but I need a home for it." EXACTLY!
I have a full review coming soon, but this book is what we ALL need to start the year! Get it now for 25% off!
If you're someone who has your DVR set for holiday Hallmark movies, you should read The Boyfriend Swap.


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L'Autrichienne is the fourth album by the American metal band Jucifer. It was first released on March 18, 2008.

History
L' Autrichienne, which is Jucifer's fourth album, was recorded in July 2007 at Bakery Studios by Andy Baker. It was released in 2008, two years after the release of the band's previous album, If Thine Enemy Hunger, by Relapse Records; on March 18 in the United States and on March 24 internationally.

To support the album, Jucifer embarked on their first tour through Europe. After the European tour they toured over the Northeastern United States and Canada.

Music
According to Greg Prato from Allmusic, there are so many different styles found in L'Autrichienne that it would be possible to fool the average listener into thinking each track was made by a different band; it shows influences ranging from indie rock to sludge metal. In the album there are songs with a style close to Black Sabbath's, such as "Blackpowder", hardcore punk tracks like "Thermidor", Melvins-esque metal slow pieces such as "Deficit", and doom metal songs such as "The Mountain" and "Procession a la Guillotine"; even quiet balladry can be found in the album. Amber Valentine uses many vocal techniques in the record.

It's a concept album about the French Revolution.  Although the album includes songs about many events of the period, and its lyrics reflect voices of major figures ranging from the peasantry to the deposed King and Queen and their court, the title refers to Marie Antoinette, who was nicknamed "l'Autrichienne" (French: the Austrian) due to her Austrian origin. The name seems on its surface merely descriptive, but in context of the Revolution was used derisively, as it is a homonym of "l'autre chienne" ["the other bitch"]. The band chose this title for its historical relevance and double entendre meaning.  Guitarist/vocalist Valentine had been intrigued with this period of history, and Marie Antoinette's poor treatment by peers and historians, since receiving a historical paper doll book including Antoinette at the age of six.  During the intervening 30 years, Valentine read voraciously about the time period and was inspired to write most of the double album's worth of songs (the remainder written by drummer and co-founding member Edgar Livengood).  The album's liner notes feature a historical commentary to each song, written by Valentine and based on her lifelong research about the French Revolution.

Critical reception

L' Autrichienne was given a 4.5 out of 5 in AllMusic and an 8.0 of 10 in Pitchfork Media. Both praised the musical variety which can be appreciated in the album.

Gazelle Amber Valentine's work as a singer in this album has been compared to young PJ Harvey's as well as Courtney Love's. Her ability to shift from one vocal technique to another has been praised specially by Greg Prato from Allmusic, who asserts only very talented vocalists are able to do what she does.

Track listing
Music by Jucifer. Lyrics written by Amber Valentine.

Personnel
 Gazelle Amber Valentine – Guitars, Vocals, Banjo, Cello, Violin, Mellotron
 Edgar Livengood – Drums, Timpani, Trumpet, Trombone, Piano
 Andy Baker – Engineering
 Scott Hull –  Mastering
 Orion Landau – Artwork

Release history

References

External links
Metal Riot interview with Jucifer

2008 albums
Jucifer albums
Relapse Records albums
Works about Marie Antoinette

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When you are trying to lose weight, take a good look at your eating habits by keeping a food diary for a week before you start your new diet. This will show you where your problem areas lie. For example, are you prone to overeating while at work, in the evenings, or at friend's homes?


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Orions unite during Exercise KAKADU
Published on 13 September 2014 LEUT Des Paroz (author), ABIS Tom Gibson (photographer)
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P-3C Orion crews from the Royal Australian Air Force, New Zealand Air Force and the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force, stand in front of their aircrafts on the military hardstand at RAAF Base Darwin during Exercise KAKADU 2014.
While the focus of Exercise KAKADU is on the surface ships from Australia, Japan, Pakistan and the Philippines, aircraft from Australia, Japan and New Zealand have played an equally important role in the warfare exercises being conducted off Darwin.
Fast jets were regularly seen by the naval forces during the exercises, but far above them were several variants of the P3C Orion, including AP-3C operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), P-3C operated by the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) and the P-3K operated by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF).
During the Exercise, the Orion aircraft performed maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare roles for the fictional 'Blueland' and 'Redland' forces, with a Blueland AP-3C successfully tracking and neutralising one of the Redland ships, HMAS Arunta.
Commander of the RAAF contribution, Squadron Leader Richard Charles welcomed his counterparts from the JMSDF, Commander Takafumi Yamamoto, and the RNZAF, Squadron Leader Marcus Hogan.
"While the three aircraft are very similar airframe wise, they have distinct mission systems which provide differing levels of capability. "The cooperation and engagement across aircrew, maintenance and the support staff has been outstanding.
"By working alongside each other we have further developed interoperability in the conduct of anti-submarine warfare and multi-lateral maritime operations.
"The interaction has been fantastic and each nation has taken the opportunity to fly with the other during the exercise," Squadron Leader Charles said.
The New Zealand P-3K aircraft have received substantial upgrades in their capabilities in recent years, with all new mission systems and 'all glass' flight controls.
"We regularly conduct the patrol and surveillance component of our capability, but it is only during exercises like KAKADU that we get the opportunity to put into practice many of the combat capabilities of the plane.
"We hope to expand mutual understanding by participating in Exercise KAKADU," Squadron Leader Hogan said.
The Japanese aircraft normally operate much closer to home in the busy North Asian waters around Japan.
"We have been very happy to work with our Australian and New Zealand colleagues during Exercise KAKADU.
"There are many similarities in the work we conduct, and we can share knowledge through opportunities like these," Commander Yamamoto said.
Exercise KAKADU is Australia's largest naval exercise of 2014, with the participation of eight warships, 26 aircraft and more than 1,200 personnel.
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"Remember, the curriculum is everything that happens in the classroom," Madeleine Ray said frequently to our cohort of teacher candidates at Bank Street College. She spoke these words with such certainty that they resounded in my memory long after, looking for their proper place among the many lessons I learned in my graduate studies at Bank Street. About a decade later, I had an epiphany about what she meant.
I always understood that the scope of my teaching was not limited to the objectives and plans I had prepared for a given period, but I needed substantial experience to actually understand and utilize Madeleine's message.
Now, I believe this concept of teaching the whole curriculum is, in many ways, what defines an expert or master teacher.
My new routine did more than simply solve this problem, though. I now got to watch my eighth graders straighten up the space on their desks, pick up stray papers from the floor around them, and wait to be dismissed. The Director of Maintenance, a student in each class who had applied for the position for that marking period, inspected the space around each cluster of desks and dismissed students table by table as they were ready. This student watched closely to see that classmates pushed in their chairs and noted any exceptions.
After several weeks of watching this process, I realized what was happening. I had expanded my curriculum to include a daily practice of respecting communal space, attending to detail, self-monitoring, punctuality, and developing student leadership.
This realization led me to better understand that in each moment of classroom life, I teach not one, but several things, whether I'm aware of all of them or not. For example, if I take the time to use precise language in the classroom, I teach students that word choices matter (alongside my primary objectives). If I take time to listen to my students, I teach them that their voices matter. Conversely, if I ignore a student who quietly jabs another student, I teach the class that it's okay to quietly hurt another person. The teacher I was becoming saw the opportunity to teach self-awareness, empathy, responsibility, and forgiveness without suspending or overhauling the academic objectives of my lessons.
Gaining awareness of the multiple levels of teaching we do in a class period can empower us to literally teach more—and do so with more purpose—in the same amount of time.
It's a little overwhelming to start to see this. In my own words, I understand Madeleine's message of "the curriculum is everything that happens in the classroom" to mean that whatever I think I'm teaching is just one layer of the learning experience for students. The curriculum I am actually involved in teaching includes every single moment that transpires in my classroom with and among students. The more I can see opportunities in each layer, the more powerful and potent my teaching and students' learning experiences will be.
Recently, we've seen a push—especially with the popularity of Doug Lemov's book Teach Like a Champion—to maximize class time for efficiency. I propose that efficiency only scratches the surface of what master teachers can do with their time with students. Master teachers are aware of the multiple layers of curriculum in their classrooms and become fluent at utilizing them to teach a broad array of essential academic and social-emotional skills simultaneously.
In the career world, success depends on both the hard skills relevant to the job and the soft skills that allow us to get along with coworkers, adapt, and build trust. According to an article in Business Insider, the the top reasons employees get fired from positions involve issues of character and personal habits rather than actual job performance. Being untrustworthy, not being "a team player," getting involved in office gossip, and harassing co-workers are some of these pitfalls. Tomorrow's workers are today's students, and they need more than just academic instruction to thrive.
One lesson I learned at Bank Street College is that the social-emotional, intellectual, and physical development of children, do not occur along three isolated tracks. Rather, there is a constant interaction between them as a child grows and learns. These interactions take place every instant in the classroom whether we choose to acknowledge the reality or not.
When teachers, schools and school systems do not consciously engage the multiple threads of children's learning, students often receive confusing, contradictory messages. For example, a student sees a rule on the wall that reads, "Respect others." However, when one student shows disrespect toward another member of the class, teachers regularly rely on consequences to address the misbehavior (generally in accordance with school policies). Instead of teaching the many lessons needed to create a community of respect, at best, the consequences only make harmful behaviors less visible. This common reality creates cognitive dissonance for students at school, on top of other stress they may experience in their lives outside of school. In fact, it's the rare exception to find an entire school community—not just a single classroom—that is truly safe and accepting of all its members.
We have an amazing opportunity to create a far healthier, more robust education for all our students in the very classrooms we possess, with the time and money we already have. If we utilize the knowledge and skills of expert teachers—who are in every building and who empower students on multiple levels, every minute of the class period—we can uplift our entire teaching force and school system.


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Elon Musk's new Tesla master plan: Self-driving shared cars, a Semi and personal energy utilities
by Alan Boyle on July 20, 2016 at 6:00 pm July 20, 2016 at 10:24 pm
Tesla's lines of business include the Model S electric sedan as well as the Powerwall home battery system, seen at left. (Credit: Tesla)
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has just shared his once-secret master plan for the electric-car company, which he now casts as a solar power and energy storage company as well. Here is the plan, as summarized by Musk in a post on the Tesla site.
Create stunning solar roofs with seamlessly integrated battery storage
Expand the electric vehicle product line to address all major segments
Develop a self-driving capability that is 10X safer than manual via massive fleet learning
Enable your car to make money for you when you aren't using it
The expansion of Tesla's product line will include "heavy-duty trucks and high passenger-density urban transport," Musk says in the post. "Both are in the early stages of development at Tesla and should be ready for unveiling next year. We believe the Tesla Semi will deliver a substantial reduction in the cost of cargo transport, while increasing safety and making it really fun to operate."
Addressing the future of autonomous driving, he writes, "As the technology matures, all Tesla vehicles will have the hardware necessary to be fully self-driving with fail-operational capability, meaning that any given system in the car could break and your car will still drive itself safely. It is important to emphasize that refinement and validation of the software will take much longer than putting in place the cameras, radar, sonar and computing hardware."
The company is currently facing a controversy over its Autopilot assisted-driving feature, a topic that Musk addresses in the new master plan, explaining "why Tesla is deploying partial autonomy now, rather than waiting until some point in the future."
He says, "The most important reason is that, when used correctly, it is already significantly safer than a person driving by themselves and it would therefore be morally reprehensible to delay release simply for fear of bad press or some mercantile calculation of legal liability."
On the topic of enabling a vehicle to make money when the owner isn't using it, Musk also lays out a vision for vehicle-sharing enabled by self-driving cars.
"You will also be able to add your car to the Tesla shared fleet just by tapping a button on the Tesla phone app and have it generate income for you while you're at work or on vacation, significantly offsetting and at times potentially exceeding the monthly loan or lease cost," he says.
The plan was laid out on the Tesla website this evening, following through on promises that Musk made in a series of tweets over the past 10 days. On Tuesday, Musk told his millions of followers that he was "aiming to pull an all-nighter" to finish the master product plan.
The reworked strategy widens Tesla Motors' focus on electric cars such as the Model S, Model X and recently announced Model 3 to encompass Tesla's Powerwall home battery units as well as SolarCity's solar panel systems. To reflect that wider focus, TeslaMotors.com has been morphing into Tesla.com.
Musk's plan is consistent with Tesla's $2.8 billion bid to purchase SolarCity, which was announced last month. Musk is the largest shareholder of both companies, as well as privately held SpaceX.
As part of the new plan, Musk writes that he wants to create "a smoothly integrated and beautiful solar-roof-with-battery product that just works, empowering the individual as their own utility, and then scale that throughout the world."
He explains, "We can't do this well if Tesla and SolarCity are different companies, which is why we need to combine and break down the barriers inherent to being separate companies. That they are separate at all, despite similar origins and pursuit of the same overarching goal of sustainable energy, is largely an accident of history. Now that Tesla is ready to scale Powerwall and SolarCity is ready to provide highly differentiated solar, the time has come to bring them together."
If the deal goes through, SolarCity products will be marketed under the Tesla name. Although Musk says he'll abstain from voting on the deal, he has voiced confidence that it'll win the required approval from both companies' shareholders.
Musk has attracted some scrutiny for the way he shifts investments and loans between his companies and his personal fortune, but he told The Wall Street Journal in April that he's careful to avoid creating "some sort of house of cards" that could collapse if one company were to falter.
Tesla's stock has gone through a series of ups and downs over the past year. Today's trend was generally up, with the share price at $228.36 when the market closed. Solar City's share price is lower today than it was a year ago – but it recorded a 2.6 percent gain during today's trading, finishing at $26.95.
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I would like to use the Accordion code on a page in a course.
I've copied the code from the first box and pasted it into the page using the HTML Editor.
There's a second box with some code that I then pasted below that because I wasn't sure what to do with it.
Obviously I'm an amateur and doing something wrong because I'm not getting the accordion. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I have pulled out and adapted some of my code that should work for creating an accordion.
You will probably need to add some CSS to your stylesheet to counteract the default h3 margins as well as add some padding to the panel content area.
If anyone else has figured out other ways around the content load timing, I would love to hear about it.
Thanks so much for the help and taking the time to share the code!
If you place any content below the accordion, it would create a blank space that was as big as the largest piece of accordion content so I had to add that heightStyle line in order to prevent that from happening.
I like the look that you have provided with your content. Can you provide more detail on how that was implemented - I don't intend to go out and try it, I am just trying to learn the way all of this is being done. Any clarification would be a big help.
I created this page that has a link to a jsfiddle that contains all the relevant code. Hope that helps!
I have added accordion tabs to several classrooms, without modification of the global script, and they work just fine - even when navigating away from the page.
This is the code I use, however when I went to the HTML Editor in this blog, the code did not produce the tabs!
Yeah, I noticed that nice little bit of code in that post by Jeremy Perkins. I'll update my post later for future readers.
When I type that code in it looks great until I add content to one accordion and not the other because they all become the size of the largest one. How did you get them to be the size of their content only and have the scroll to top feature?
Matt Hanes, would your code snippet work if trying to embed video within the accordion, given that it starts off in a minimized state then enlarges when being played?
works more effectively and efficiently.
If you watch the network tab in your developer tools with a couple of console.log() statements, you will see that your approach fires prematurely before Canvas finishes loading all of its assets, whereas the load event waits until things are fully loaded.
In contrast, the load event fires in a predictable manner every time - at the end. It also reduces page load time due to eliminating all of the control flow your approach requires and it is not as brittle since it doesn't rely on Canvas's element id's which Canvas developers could randomly change on you someday after an update.
It should also be noted on record that jQuery's $(document).ready() is not a good choice in this case for similar reasons - it doesn't fire predictably. It's analogous to forcing your users to roll a set of dice every time they try to view your content.
Wow, thanks, jnickerson@bscs.org, this is eye-opening!
The Canvas Styleguide is actually for the design of Canvas itself and not for content created inside Canvas. Some things in the styleguide will work in the rich-content editor but much (perhaps most?) of it will not. Proceed at your own risk.
That being said, I really love that there are faculty and instructional designers trying new and interesting things in content design. Giant boring walls of text are so over.
We like to use cool styling like it's 2015 (or later).
I would also be interested in knowing how you got the styling to work. Another problem with the accordion I have found is that they all accordions in a set open to the same size regardless of the size of the content they hold. Have you worked around that?
I'll try to put together a public Canvas page that I can use to go into further detail on how I got things to look the way they do. It'll help everyone see it in action as well.
Some of the content in the style Guide will only work on a content page if the Global CSS file is updated with the code snippet in the second box, and then only if that snippet is sequenced in the right location in the global files, and often with more code used to make it load in the correct order.
Matthew: you seem to know the global script well enough to play in there.
Janetta: Several of us have been sharing some HTML content hacks in this group that will work without updating the global script. Check key-word "Code-Snippets" to find these. Also, Scott Dennis has created a public classroom where some of us will be providing much more of these types of enhancements - Coming soon!
Code snippets are in my comfort zone. I get a kick out making those HTML content hacks. I look forward to checking out the course from Scott Dennis!
It's brother (that I uploaded from) is being built to train adventurous faculty who also are not coders (also, as in neither am I), so the structure of the lesson pages might seem a bit pedestrian for those of you who code.
Now that its up for all those fancy Instructional Designer Group members, I suspect I'll start seeing that tone change a bit - but I hopenot too much, I still have so much to learn.
Since the test environment gets overwritten every three weeks (and I'm too lazy to check the calendar to see when the next refresh is), I just created a separate sub-account in our production environment for testing these changes. Each sub-account can have it's own CSS and JS files if that feature is enabled at the higher level account.
This is such a great line of questions and dialogue!
What I was looking for was something similar to the way bootstrap has been implemented in places like Wordpress environments. These things should just be whitelisted globally!
Amanda, if you haven't already could you add the code for this into the Canvas Hacks classroom?
Kona Jones & Amanda - It is already in there. I think I put it in my original course before I copied it to the CanvasHacks classroom.
Do you have a way to to close/ hide the accordion for the first one initially?
There is an issue with the sizing of accordion tabs using this code. The sizing of each content tab will default to the largest content tab, but it does work in a Canvas page. And yes, you can embed videos, images even complex text formatting on each tab.
I am not a coder, and I don't play one on TV, but I do teach non-coding faculty how to enhance their Canvas classrooms with bits of HTML.
We were able to add a line of html so the accordion containers are a bit larger and also display add a vertical scroll bar.
Play around with the max-height % for a larger container, and if the content doesn't fit, you get a scroll bar so all content is visible. Haven't found a way to have it adjust to the amount of content in each accordion section.
Work around to create a Print button?


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The Rentals Are Back With Members Of The Black Keys And Lucius [Listen]
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 09 September 2014
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Ex-Weezer bassist Matt Sharp and his collaborative band The Rentals re-group with The Black Keys' Patrick Carney and unveil new album 'Lost In Alphaville'.
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Savage Species by Jonathan Janz
Posted on May 16, 2013 by Dark Mark
Savage Species, the forthcoming novel by Jonathan Janz (The Sorrows, House of Skin) is a thrilling serialization in five parts. The opening of the Peaceful Valley Nature Preserve unleashes a terrifyingly rapacious evil that has lain dormant for over a century. The story has two branches one of which follows a group of young cub reporters dispatched to cover the grand opening of the park, who find themselves in the thick of the carnage that ensues, and the other which deals with a dysfunctional family whose child has been abducted by one of the titular creatures.
Having been privileged to read the first three parts, I can happily report that Janz has prepared a brutally ferocious banquet which opens with such a welter of savage violence that those with an appetite for bloody, shrieking terror will find it hard to wait for the next course. As the story progresses the tension and terror mounts and we are treated to a nail biting struggle for survival against a legion of seemingly implacable foes. There are a number of nasty surprises awaiting the hapless protagonists who have to increasingly draw upon their own untapped reservoirs of courage and ferocity in order to survive the relentless terror.
As with House of Skin one of the great strengths of the novel is the attention Janz lavishes upon his characters, it is something which grounds the story as the reader is thrust into a maelstrom of fantastic and dreadful, slavering terror.
This is hard, biting horror which grips from the get go and will leave you trembling in anticipation for the next enthrallment.
With publication imminent I thought I would ask Jonathan a few questions about his novel and what we can expect from him in the future.
DARK MARK: I think the eBook format lends itself well to serialization, what prompted Samhain to publish this as their first serialization?
JONATHAN JANZ: I couldn't agree more, Mark. I think the eBook format is ideally suited to the serial for several reasons, not the least of which is the speed with which new installments can be acquired.
As far as Samhain and its decision to publish SAVAGE SPECIES as its first serialization, I think that has to do the collaborative relationship between the higher-ups at Samhain (including Don D'Auria, my wonderful editor) and my agent Louise Fury. Of course Louise works with several different publishers and editors, but she has a great relationship with the folks at Samhain.
Louise posed the idea of a serialized horror novel, and Don (and the rest of the decision-makers) loved it. They then approached me and asked if I had anything in progress that would lend itself well to the serial format. It happened that I was working on a novel then titled NATIVE that was quite different than the other novels I'd written. Previously, I'd worked with ghosts, demons, and other otherworldly villains, but in NATIVE I was working with something a bit different. There were supernatural aspects to the villains, but they were certainly more tangible than ghosts or demons.
Anyway, I felt the story was perfectly suited to the serial format. It was fast-moving, wild, and full of twists and turns. I'd written about sixty percent of it already, but even the stuff I'd written without thinking about serialization was ideal for the serial format. I told Louise and Don that the book I was writing would be perfect for serialization, and when they heard about it, they agreed. Then I completed the novel with serialization in mind. The five-act structure ended up working, in large part due to the gut punches and hooks that occurred near the beginnings and ends of those five acts.
Eventually, the title changed to SAVAGE SPECIES (thankfully, and with the help of honest opinions from Don and Louise), and I couldn't be happier with the way everything turned out.
DM: The creatures in the novel appear to have stalked from native American mythology, how much of them is based upon the legends of the Algonquian peoples?
JJ: Mythology is fascinating. In preparing for SAVAGE SPECIES, I read voraciously of Native American mythology (especially Algonquian and Iroquois legends), as well as a great many other stories (most notably Algernon Blackwood's "The Wendigo"). And while I owe a huge debt to those sources, what I tried to do—what I always try to do—is to take the existing myths in new and unexpected directions. The Wendigo is one of the scariest and most mysterious legends, which made it great fun to explore. The taboo of cannibalism plays a large role in many of the Wendigo myths, so I wanted to explore that concept too. Not everyone would agree with this, but there are aspects of the Wendigo myth that relate to some of the best-known subgenres of horror, particularly the zombie tale. So while I definitely and consciously utilized the Native American myths to which you're referring, I also tried to add some new or different ideas to the existing mythology.
At the heart of the Wendigo myth, I think, is the fear of the known becoming the unknown, the fear that there's something malevolent out there, and even worse, the possibility that it could carry away and change someone you know. The Algonquians and others explored those ideas long before I did, and I learned a great deal from them during my research.
DM: I find your characters to be very well fleshed out and believable, how important do you think this is to a work of fantastic horror fiction?
JJ: Thank you! I can't tell you how much that means. If you ask me what matters in a story, I'd give you the generic answer: "Everything." But if you put a gun to my head and tell me to pick one facet of a story that absolutely must work, I'll say characterization. And as you sort of alluded to in your question, it's as important and perhaps even more important for the characterization to be strong in a horror story.
We've all heard the phrase "suspension of disbelief." For readers to suspend disbelief for a horror novel, the characters have to not only be interesting and unique—they also have to ring true. When faced with the inexplicable, how would a person react? If the writer has done his job prior to that point, his protagonist's reaction will not only ring true to the audience, it will essentially write itself.
Joe R. Lansdale talked about this recently, and I couldn't agree with it more: a writer doesn't have to carry around a handy-dandy bag of mix-and-match character traits in order to make a character interesting. You know, throw in a physical abnormality here, toss in a childhood trauma there. Maybe give the guy an exotic pet and a bizarre hobby—collecting discarded bottle caps and fashioning them into a pornographic mosaic perhaps. These aren't Joe R's words, but I think they speak to his point. Characters must grow naturally. For me, it's a matter of feel, experience, and most of all, my subconscious.
Mark, you and Meli and I have spoken about Frank Red Elk, one of the main supporting characters in SAVAGE SPECIES. He's a great example of what I'm talking about. Most of Frank's personality sprang forth from my subconscious in several powerful bursts of creativity. He existed as a shade in my mind already; I just had to coax him onto the page.
Frank was also forged by experience—and no, not my own experience! I had an acquaintance in college who was a lot like Frank. Essentially likeable, but wildly inappropriate and incapable of wearing a social mask. This acquaintance found the female form mesmerizing, and he spoke freely about it (often embarrassing everyone around him).
Another element that contributed to Frank Red Elk was my own experience with films and books that feature Native American characters. In many stories it's like writers are too busy venerating their Native American characters to remember that these characters are still men and women with flaws and feelings and everything else that real humans have. To me, treating any character with kid gloves is an unintentional disservice. I detest caricatures—here I'm talking more about old television and film—and I hope my characters never fall into that trap.
So with Frank Red Elk, I wanted to stay true to what was in my head. He was big, he was blunt, and he was incredibly profane. He had some atypical character traits, but they grew naturally instead of being plucked from a grab bag. I'm proud of him and hope readers enjoy him too.
DM: The novel features monsters with terrifying and rapacious appetites. Do you worry that they may prove too much for some of your readers?
JJ: Ha! The Frank Red Elk stuff was a good bridge to this question, huh? Anyway, you make a good point about the extreme nature of the beasts in SAVAGE SPECIES. They're powerful, sadistic, and vile. Like my other characters, they developed naturally from my subconscious, though I've no doubt that my reading and viewing influenced them too (specifically Richard Laymon's BEAST HOUSE books, Tolkein's THE LORD OF THE RINGS mythos, and the creatures from the film THE DESCENT).
But your question is a good one, and one that readers should consider before taking on SAVAGE SPECIES. If a reader is squeamish and doesn't want a book with graphic violence and depravity in it, this is a book that reader should avoid. In some ways it's my most extreme book. However, there isn't a single word in the book intended for shock value or meant to elicit gratuitously cheap thrills. This is the story exhumed from my imagination, and I think it's a heck of a yarn. I love the positive characters and loathe the malevolent ones.
I think the real world contains people who, like Charly (my female lead) and Sam (one of my male leads), act from the heart and do their best to live with integrity and love. There are others who, like Eric (Charly's husband), behave like monsters, whose minds are cesspools of cruelty, perversion, and selfishness. I write the truth of these characters and all the characters in between. If folks are turned off by events that occur in SAVAGE SPECIES, I just thank them for reading my work. If folks are entertained by it, well, that's even better.
But if a reader is searching for a good, cozy Amish romance, he or she might be best served by giving this one a miss.
DM: What can readers expect in the future from Jonathan Janz?
JJ: My first five novels are all original, unrelated (or barely related) stories: THE SORROWS, HOUSE OF SKIN, THE DARKEST LULLABY, SAVAGE SPECIES, and DUST DEVILS. After DUST DEVILS is released in February of 2014, readers will see me begin to sprinkle in some sequels along with additional original works.
DUST DEVILS is a vampire western, and it's a story dear to my heart. It's the first story I've told from a single point-of-view, which alone makes it different. It's also set in 1885 New Mexico and very much a western. And while I'm excited about those aspects of the tale, folks should know it's also a horror story featuring vampires that are both intelligent and endlessly vicious, a combination that makes for an exceedingly scary tale.
After that one, the summer of 2014 will see the release of my first-ever sequel, CASTLE OF SORROWS. In it I'll return to the mythos of my debut novel THE SORROWS and pick up that story where it left off. I've begun work on it and should have it done by the end of September.
Some other projects I'm planning include a horror/revenge tale set in the 1930s, a young adult novel about aliens that's about a third of the way done, an unannounced trilogy of novels I've been talking to my agent about, sequels to HOUSE OF SKIN and SAVAGE SPECIES, and an incredibly violent crime thriller (titled GARDEN OF SNAKES) that I finished and trunked but am strongly considering resurrecting and re-working.
The first part of Savage Species will be unleashed in eBook format by Samhain Publishing on June 4 with further installments released fortnightly.
– Dark Mark
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Dark Mark is an English artist and adventurer who is currently located in the darkest region of the former Australasian colonies. When not battling for survival against the local flora and fauna he can usually be found cowering behind the covers of a well worn novel of mystery and imagination. Mark is currently a moderator and graphic designer in residence at The Mortuary: Dissecting the horror genre since 2003.
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Dark Mark on May 20, 2013 at 10:44 PM said:
I'm itching to read Dust Devils. I love a good Weird Western but I've found it hard to track down many good examples of the sub-genre.
Meli Hooker on May 29, 2013 at 10:34 AM said:
A delayed response, but I am super stoked for DUST DEVILS as well. I love weird western, but I am also a vampire fanatic so I'm looking forward to this one.
Jonathan Janz on June 11, 2013 at 3:06 PM said:
Thank you! I can't wait for you to read it, Meli. I'm stoked for it too! 🙂
Jonathan Janz on May 21, 2013 at 8:51 PM said:
I'm looking forward to seeing what you think of it, Dark Mark. There's a very good chance you'll be getting an early copy after Don D'Auria has had a go at it.
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Google has been working toward making the Chromecast home screen a bit more useful with features like weather and YouTube searches. Now, something new is showing up: Google Home tips. Although, some people prefer to think of these as "ads," and they are not pleased.
So far, we've seen a few reports of small banners at the bottom of the Chromecast home screen that alert the user to an app that works with Assistant voice controls. Users are advised to go to the Home app and add their account to play by voice. We've seen CBS All Access and Viki show up in this way.
The concern people express is simply that they don't use these apps. Telling them to use the apps feels more like an ad than a tip. Most people aren't seeing these banners appear just yet, so this might just be one of Google's many tests that never go anyplace. Perhaps if it does roll out, the tips (or ads) will be more specific to your usage.


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Britain's Prime Minister has ramped up her "Hard Brexit" stance, formally announcing that the UK will leave the European Union's single market, with words that made the pound sterling rally and Remainers seethe. Germany's finance minister has expressed a slightly different view however, saying Britain should follow the Swiss model.
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The response from European leaders was one of relief for some clarity at last after Theresa May, it seemed, put the government's position on immigration and desire to control it, above the European Union's freedom of movement principle.
In the meantime, Germany finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble reckons the UK should consider modeling its relationship with the EU on Switzerland's and negotiate access to the EU single market through bilateral deals, involving the freedom of movement — while at the same time ensuring Britons would receive preferential treatment in the UK jobs market over their European counterparts.
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Benjamin Backhouse (182929 July 1904) was an architect and politician in Australia. He was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.

Early life
Benjamin Backhouse was born in England in 1829. He was a Bachelor of Arts and was educated as an architect.

Career
In early life Backhouse, with his young wife and two children, came out to Australia and settled down in Geelong, Victoria. He soon made a name for himself as an architect, and two months after his arrival succeeded in winning a hundred-guinea prize for the best design for a stock exchange for that city. Some eight years later he returned to England, and remained for a year, and then came out to Queensland. He carried on his profession for eight years, and designed some of the principal buildings in Brisbane. Although he won the design competition for the Queensland Parliament House, it was later decided that his design would be too expensive and was rejected. He was also an alderman of the Brisbane Municipal Council.

In 1868 he moved to Sydney and for the next 35 years Backhouse lived in New South Wales. His professional skill was recognised by his election for 12 years as the chairman of the City of Sydney Improvement Board. In August, 1895, he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, which he retained until his death. Although not a union official or a Labor candidate, his sympathies were at all times with the workers. He was truly democratic, and was a follower of John Ruskin and other workers for the amelioration of society. He also identified himself with the Pitt Town Settlement, and was chairman of the board of control to look after the affairs of the settlement. Backhouse made several trips to England. On one occasion he had a long conference with William Gladstone and at another time he was honoured by being elected an honorary associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Later life
Benjamin Backhouse died of heart failure at his residence, Ardath, Queen's Avenue, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney, on 29 July 1904.

He was twice married, and left a widow and grown-up family, numbering 11. His sons were District Court Judge Alfred Paxton Backhouse, mining engineer Frank Backhouse, and Ernest, Clarence, Clive, Maurice, and Oscar Backhouse. In deference to his wishes, a private funeral was held.

Works

 Wickham Terrace Church of England, the predecessor of All Saints Anglican Church, Brisbane (1861, no longer extant)
 house Riversleigh, North Quay, Brisbane (1863, no longer extant)
 Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane (1863)
 Cintra House, Brisbane (1864)
 Fernberg, Paddington, Brisbane (1864) now Government House, Brisbane
 Old Bishopsbourne, Brisbane (1865)
 Baroona, Paddington, Brisbane (1866)
 Fortitude Valley State School, Brisbane (1867)
 , Sydney (1868)

References

Architects from Brisbane
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council
1829 births
1904 deaths

19th-century Australian politicians
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How to play the main theme from Titanic 1997 movie with tabs.
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 19 -  : combat autour de Rossienie.
 27 -  : combat vers Girtakol.
 4 -  : combat autour de Cytowiany.
 8 -  : combat vers Ilgize
 14 -  : engagée dans la bataille de Schaulen.
  -  : combat autour de Kupiškis.
  -  : combat dans la région de la Swjenta et de la Jara.
 9 -  : combat vers Daugavpils pour la maitrise des ponts.
  -  : combats autour de Daugavpils, à l'ouest de la région des sept lacs.
  -  : organisation et occupation d'un secteur dans la région de Daugavpils.

1916
  -  : retrait du front, renforcement du front en Volhynie pour lutter contre une offensive russe, les pertes de la division sont très lourdes ; combat le long des rivières Styr et Stochid.
  -  : occupation et organisation d'un secteur du front le long des rivières Styr et Stochid.

1917
  -  : retrait du front, concentration dans la région de Brest-Litovsk et transport par V.F. à partir du  sur le front de l'ouest jusque dans la région de Hirson.
  -  : repos et instruction dans la région d'Aubenton.

1918
  -  : relève de la  de réserve dans le secteur de Corbeny à proximité de Laon.
 28 -  : relevée par la  d'infanterie, retrait du front et repos.
  -  : relève de la  et occupation d'un secteur du front dans la région de Villers-Bretonneux.
 19 -  : extension du front au sud par la relève de la .
  -  : relevée par la  d'infanterie, retrait du front, repos dans la région de Cappy.
 7 -  : relève de la  de réserve à l'ouest de Bray-sur-Somme, engagée à partir du  dans la bataille d'Amiens, la division déplore de lourdes pertes dont  faits prisonniers.
  -  : retrait du front, mouvement dans la région de Cambrai, la division est ensuite dissoute le . Le  d'infanterie est transféré à la  d'infanterie, le  d'infanterie à la  d'infanterie, le  d'infanterie de réserve est quant à lui dissout.

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Over the next couple days we have the opportunity to dig deep into our shadow, to take a big breath and analyze what our actions have opened up for us. A time to revisit our visions for the future. Reconnect with our emotional body and assess whether we are in alignment with our intentions. What is manifesting in our realities is but a skeleton of what we are creating … does it light you up, or does it feel heavy? Were your actions effective? Were they thwarted? What beliefs about yourself rose to the surface and are now clearly before you?
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Women's Tennis Association calls on China to research Peng Shuai sexual assault allegations
Hong Kong (CNN)The Women's tennis Association (WTA) on Sunday known as on the Chinese government to research allegations of regulatory offence created by Peng Shuai against a former state leader, insistence the previous top-ranked doubles player ought to be "heard, not expurgated."
Peng, one in every of China's most recognizable tennis stars, defendant former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of coercing her into sex at his home 3 years past, in step with screenshots of a since-deleted social media post dated November 2.
Peng's post on Weibo, China's Twitter-like platform, was deleted inside half-hour of publication, with Chinese censors moving fleetly to wipe out any mention of the accusation on-line.
Peng has not been seen publicly since the accusation and her whereabouts haven't been publically disclosed. Her Weibo account, that has over [*fr1] 1,000,000 followers, continues to be blocked from searchers on the platform.
In a statement, WTA Chairman and chief executive officer Steve Simon aforesaid Peng's accusations were of "deep concern" adding the allegations should be investigated "fully, fairly, transparently and while not censorship."
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List by Lindsay M.
It's hard to believe, but we're at the end of a decade this month, and it should go without saying that a lot has happened in video games over that last ten years. Just think: at the start of the decade people were playing Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PSP and Nintendo DS. There's been two new generations of consoles in that time, and one new Sony and Microsoft device. In addition, in that time VR made a comeback, and streaming games has just started to get steam. DDNet started as a humble little blog right at the end of 2010, and it's been fascinating to watch the site evolve and change as the industry.
To celebrate this huge transition, from one decade to the next, we've decided to get the team to share their most noteworthy games of the decade - the games that they found most memorable, or had the biggest impact on them. We'll publish these at a rate of one per day, and today it's DDNet's news editor, Lindsay's turn!
This decade has been an interesting one for video games and I. I felt very unplugged for the first half, barely knowing what was being released past the big names. But then, in 2015, I joined DigitallyDownloaded.net. Not only was I plugged into the video game scene again, I felt connected to it. When I sat down to write this list, I realized that maybe I wasn't as unplugged as I once thought, with several items being launched from 2010-2014.
So here is my top ten games of the decade, listed chronologically
Fantasy Life (2012)
Fantasy Life is the only game on this list exclusively due to the time I spent with it. An RPG-simulation title, it's set in the world of Reveria. The player is asked to investigate strange occurrences, but really the bulk of my time was spent levelling up my character through various jobs. A sequel was revealed, but ended up turning into Fantasy Life Online. I'd love to see a proper Fantasy Life sequel on the Nintendo Switch.
Papers, Please (2013)
In real life, I'm a writer; in Papers, Please, I am a border inspector for the fictional dystopian county of Arktotska. It's the border inspector's job to make sure everyone's documents are in order when they want to enter the country. It's easy at first. Then emotions get involved, and money, and it all gets very complicated. Papers, Please is a fine example of video games as an art form, not only for its visual aesthetic but also due to its narrative. Lucas Pope would back this up with Obra Dinn, showing that as far as indie auteurs go, he's rightfully one of the most prominent and respected.
Mini Metro (2014)
Mini Metro is beautiful in its simplicity. The goal is simple: connect train stations together so the city's population can move around. In practice, it can get very complicated. Stations are represented by various shapes, and lines are differentiated through colour, making each map turn into its own work of art. Matt S. reviewed the game upon its release, giving it four on five stars and praising it for its simple execution. Since the PC release, it's come to mobile devices, in my mind the perfect platform for the Kiwi-developed game.
This War of Mine is not your typical game of war. There's no fast-paced multiplayer battles with combat men pew pewing one another. Instead, there are stories about civilians trapped in the city, unable to leave and desperately trying to survive. Through several scenarios, you'll encounter various elements, from cold winter weather to people breaking in and ransacking your home. The impact and quality of the game is is perhaps summarised best in our review: "The dark, grim aesthetic, coupled with the haunting music and subtle behaviours of the people, all combine to tell a story that works."
Life Is Strange (2015)
I honestly don't know where to begin about Life Is Strange. From its character-driven narrative, to the time travelling element, to the music, to the relationships both created and destroyed, Life Is Strange is as close to perfection as a game can get. Matt S. agreed with me in his review of the first episode, saying the only fault was having to wait for the next. It was released episodically, but it's been years since all episodes were available so if you've missed it, now is your chance. Life Is Strange 2 is also now available in its entirety, following two brothers as they flee America heading to Mexico. It, too, is very good, but nothing will likely have the sheer impact of that first game as a narrative storytelling experience.
Her Story (2015)
I bet that when I talk about Her Story, my eyes go all glazed over and happy and then I sigh heavily. One of my early reviews for DDNet, Her Story was my introduction to FMV games; since then, I've become rather obsessed. In the game, you take on the role of a detective. There's no storyline; rather, you search through video archives using specific terms to try and find the information you need. Who is this woman? Why is she being interrogated? Is she guilty? I'm not going to ruin the jaw-dropping surprise, so you'll have to play to find out! This year, a spiritual successor to Her Story was released, titled Telling Lies; I also highly recommend it.
Beyond Eyes (2015)
Beyond Eyes is a beautiful title, both emotionally and aesthetically. Follow a young girl who has lost her eyesight as she seeks a lost cat. The entire world is blank until she interacts with something; sometimes audio clues are the only way to know what's in front of you. The graphics are gorgeous, looking as though watercolour paints are being applied to paper. Technically, it's a walking sim, but it also drives home the reality that to blind people, every day life is a challenge all into itself.
Reigns (2016)
Reigns takes the motions of Tinder (you know, the dating app) and meshes it with narrative and gameplay, creating an innovative experience. I originally played and reviewed it for PC, but mobile is definitely the way you want to play this title. You're the king, and it's up to you to make every decision about how to run your country. Do you favour the people, or the military? Are you balancing everyone's different needs? Are you putting your country and risk? Oh, and Reigns does it all with a special, unique, and unforgettable sort of humour.
The Finch home is an interesting one, patchworked together by many generations of the family. What Remains of Edith Finch is about discovering stories of the past to learn about the present. Edith is the last in her family, who is cursed to have one member per generation die in a strange way. She learns about the past through the bedrooms of the deceased. The story is extremely touching, and I definitely shed a tear or two while playing. Britta reviewed the game for DDnet, noting, "What Edith Finch has achieved on a whole new level is an overarching brilliance and consistency of both theme and gameplay, in how the two seamlessly intertwine and feed off each other."
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker (2017)
Anyone who follows my work knows of my love for The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker, an FMV game by D'Avekki Studios with a very Lovecraftian twist. You're a psychiatrist, replacing the deceased Dr. Dekker in his very own office and seeing his patients. It's a murder mystery, so you'll be asking each patient a lot of questions about their relationship with the doctor. The game is, in retrospect, a near-flawless example of the FMV genre; I wish I had have rated it more than four stars in my review. D'Avekki has since put out The Shapeshifting Detective, another murder mystery FMV, and also well worth your time.
- Lindsay M.


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I bolt upright in the middle of the night.You said something to me and now I'm half-awake. I hear you say something again. You're mumbling. Please tell me that this is not your way of trying to put the moves on me. What the hell, dude? I'm awake now, so enunciate for the love of God! Oh wait, you're talking but you aren't talking to me; you're just chattering away in your sleep. Awesome.
How am I just realizing now that you're a sleeptalker? I channel Yosemite Sam--or even Naomi Campbell--toward anything that wakes me before the sun is up. As a freelancer, I've worked way too hard to achieve normal REM cycles and I will defend those 7 hours of sleep like my they're my children and they're in danger of being eaten by zombies.
Surprisingly though, hearing you string together words in the middle of the night like you're slurping alphabet soup on acid is actually pretty cute. Aw, look at you happily babbling about things that make no sense! You've got bedhead. Who cares if you woke me up at 4:26am; Look how cute you are!
Hearing you laugh in your slumber is downright endearing. As long as you aren't chattering about a) weaponry b) another woman c) another dude, your snooze talk is A-OK with me.
in fact, he says the nicest things to me when he is 75% asleep. i love it!


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Marcel Schuhen  (* 13. Januar 1993 in Kirchen an der Sieg) ist ein deutscher Fußballspieler. Der Torwart steht beim SV Darmstadt 98 unter Vertrag.

Karriere
Schuhen spielte ab 2006 in der Jugend des 1. FC Köln. Im Sommer des Jahres 2012 wurde er als dritter Torwart hinter Timo Horn und Thomas Kessler in den Kader der Profimannschaft aufgenommen. Er bestritt weiterhin Spiele für die zweite Mannschaft; für das Profiteam kam er nicht zum Einsatz.

Im Januar 2015 schloss sich Schuhen dem Drittligisten Hansa Rostock an, die sich zu diesem Zeitpunkt in einer schwierigen sportlichen Situation befanden. Im Trainingslager in La Manga war er einer von mehreren Neuzugängen gegen den Abstieg. Dort gab ihm Trainer Karsten Baumann den Vorzug vor Johannes Brinkies. Am 31. Januar 2015 absolvierte Schuhen im Spiel beim SV Wehen Wiesbaden, das die Rostocker mit 2:1 gewannen, seinen ersten Profieinsatz. Er bestritt auch alle weiteren Spiele der Saison für die Hanseaten und trug zum Klassenerhalt bei. Am 13. Mai 2015 gewann er mit der Mannschaft den Landespokal Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns im Finale gegen die TSG Neustrelitz (1:0). Die folgende Teilnahme am DFB-Pokal 2015/16 endete in der ersten Runde; Schuhen und der F.C. Hansa verloren gegen den in der 2. Liga angesiedelten 1. FC Kaiserslautern nach Elfmeterschießen mit 4:5.

In der Drittligasaison 2015/16 absolvierte Schuhen 37 von 38 Ligaspielen. Lediglich gegen den FSV Mainz 05 II am 37. Spieltag gab Trainer Christian Brand einmalig Brinkies den Vorzug. Das Spiel endete 0:4. Das Landespokalfinale 2016 gegen den FC Schönberg 95 gewann Hansa mit Schuhen im Elfmeterschießen mit 4:3 und qualifizierte sich erneut für den DFB-Pokal in der Folgesaison. Auch dieses Mal schied man in der ersten Runde aus. Gegen den Zweitligisten Fortuna Düsseldorf hatten Schuhen und der F.C. Hansa mit 0:3 das Nachsehen. Schuhen absolvierte alle Ligaspiele in der Drittligasaison 2016/17 und gewann den Landespokal Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns zum dritten Mal. Er war in 98 Pflichtspielen aufgelaufen, ehe er Hansa zum Saisonende verließ.

Seit der Saison 2017/18 spielte er für den Zweitligisten SV Sandhausen; er erhielt dort einen Zweijahresvertrag. Schuhen gab sein Debüt für den SV Sandhausen am 1. Spieltag im Auswärtsspiel bei Holstein Kiel. Er bestritt in der Saison 2017/18 alle 34 Ligaspiele für den SV Sandhausen.

Zur Zweitligasaison 2019/20 verpflichtete ihn der SV Darmstadt 98, wo der Torhüter einen bis 2022 gültigen Vertrag erhielt und den abgewanderten Stammkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes ersetzte. Am 28. Juli 2019 gab er beim 1:1-Auswärtsspiel gegen den Hamburger SV sein Debüt für die Lilien. Zwischen dem 1. und dem 2. Spieltag brach sich Schuhen im Training den Arm und musste für acht Spiele durch Florian Stritzel ersetzt werden. Schuhen blieb nach seiner Verletzung Stammtorhüter und konnte so insgesamt 27 Spiele, davon sieben ohne Gegentor, in seiner ersten Saison bei den Südhessen absolvieren. In der Saison 2020/21 verpasste er unter Markus Anfang nur drei Pflichtspiele, davon zwei aufgrund einer Wadenverletzung. In 32 Zweitligaspielen blieb er in fünf Spielen ohne Gegentor und erreichte mit der Mannschaft Platz 7. Im März 2021 übernahm er in einem Spiel die Rolle als Mannschaftskapitän. Im Februar 2022 verlängerte er seinen auslaufenden Vertrag bis 2025. Die Saison 2021/22 unter Torsten Lieberknecht schloss er mit der Mannschaft auf dem vierten Platz ab. In 31 Ligaspielen kassierte er 34 Gegentore und hielt in elf Spielen den Kasten sauber.

Sonstiges
Am 27. März 2011 erzielte Schuhen für die U19 des 1. FC Köln gegen die SG Wattenscheid 09 ein Tor per Abschlag aus seinem eigenen Strafraum. Dieses Tor wurde in der ARD zum Tor des Monats März 2011 gewählt. Schuhen war damit der achte Torwart, der ein Tor des Monats erzielt hatte.

Seit Februar 2022 ist Schuhen Mitglied des SV Darmstadt 98.

Schuhen und seine Frau Eva sind seit dem 12. September 2020 Eltern eines Sohnes. Neben seiner Karriere als Fußballprofi studiert er Betriebswirtschaftslehre und hat eine Banklehre gemacht.

Erfolge
 Landespokalsieger Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2014/15, 2015/16 und 2016/17 (mit Hansa Rostock)

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Fußballtorhüter (Hansa Rostock)
Fußballtorhüter (1. FC Köln)
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