![]() I have to say that I really enjoyed the complete turn-around of the story! It was so interesting to see how one little change in the tale could bring on an entirely different Agrabah. I was reading it on the Kindle app, and only at around the 20% mark, the tale started to twist. I was a bit surprised though to see for how long it closely followed the original tale. Obviously, when the book starts out it follows the plot of the Aladdin tale we all know so well -I think we all do at least. And while I did enjoy this read, it wasn’t as mind-blowing as I’d hoped it to be. ![]() I was so excited, I started reading almost immediately! An Aladdin retelling? Yes please. Last week, I got approved for this book on Netgalley. Save the pretty girl, take the pretty girl home. “It was the right thing to do, of course. “Don’t let life’s unfairness, don’t let how poor you are decide who you are. ![]() And readers will never look at the story of Aladdin in the same way again. What happens next? A Street Rat becomes a leader. ![]() But soon their fight for freedom threatens to tear the kingdom apart in a costly civil war. Agrabah lives in fear, waiting for his third and final wish.To stop the power-mad ruler, Aladdin and the deposed Princess Jasmine must unite the people of Agrabah in rebellion. Synopsis: When Jafar steals the Genie’s lamp, he uses his first two wishes to become sultan and the most powerful sorcerer in the world. All opinions stated are completely my own. I received this book from the publisher -via Netgalley- in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads | Bookdepository -affiliate link Release date: September 1st, 2015 by Disney-Hyperion A Whole New World is the first book in the series and the latest book So This is Love asks what would happen if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper?ĭespite the new, darker stories, the books still retain the essential elements of love, passion, friendship, magic.Novel: A Whole New World (Twisted Tales #1) by Liz Braswell You can read the six stand-alone stories in any order, so pick your favourite heroine and discover her twisted tale. Don’t expect a sweet fairy story though – there is plenty of violence and grit and the graphic descriptions and adult themes mean we recommend these Disney novels for young adults from 12 onwards. These thought-provoking fantasy tales are not just for those of us who grew up loving Disney, anyone who loves drama, dragons and fantasy will adore the dark and dreamy stories in these books. Romance makes way for enchantment, action and violence as the heroines fight for their happy endings and all is not what it seems. Written by three popular YA authors - Liz Braswell, Jen Calonita and Elizabeth Lim - who all love fantasy and fairy-tales, the Twisted Tale series has the magic of the Disney films but with dark and creepy twists. What if Aladdin had never found the lamp, Sleeping Beauty had never woken up or the Sea Witch had never defeated the Little Mermaid? Would Jasmine and Aladdin turn freedom fighters against oppressive Jafar? Could Aurora find a way to control her dreams and defeat Maleficent? And would Ariel be able to return to a world she never thought she’d see again, overthrow the villain and win back her voice? Disney's Twisted Tales take our favourite heroines: Ariel, Belle, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Mulan and Princess Jasmine and imagines a very different story unfolding for each of them. ![]() Have you ever found yourself wondering about the back story behind your favourite Disney heroines? What if things weren’t really as they seemed? This series that turns the classic fairy-tales on their heads is a must for Disney fans and a delight for all Young Adult readers. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The amount of information that is spilled online is so huge that we're forced to refrain from putting it all here. There's also confirmation of the Bonnie & Clyde rumor - the restaurant robbery scene is in the leaked game that has "Project Americas" as its codename. You can watch it all at the end of the article. The footage published on various platforms previews a massive map for GTA 6, more control over different in-game items, a lot of new cars that resemble real-life models, complex character behavior, huge buildings, and well-written dialogues. Revealing everything before it’s ready could ruin the surprise for all the eager fans.īut someone already uploaded various clips on Twitter, and there’s also a 30-minute-long video on YouTube that previews a lot of the alleged GTA 6 gameplay and its development. But Rockstar Games might have to deal with this situation if it wants the game to remain a secret. Someone claims they’re discussing with a hacker who has the source code for GTA 5 and GTA 6, and they’re willing to refrain from publishing them online in exchange for money. Now, people on Twitter think there are even more leaks ready to be deployed online. They have some very explicit descriptions aimed at the maker of GTA 6, but the story ends there. Some videos have been published on YouTube. ![]() But this has remained an unproven theory. Originally, people believed that a developer got angry with Rockstar Games because of too much work and little compensation. The leaks But the whole thing gets even more complicated. At the time of writing, the forum is down, presumably because of too much traffic. They couldn’t believe it was actually happening. As expected, everyone started to freak out. Instead, the leaks started being published all over the internet. The Redditor who published these images says they’ve been taken from GTAForums, where users were awaiting some sort of an official announcement for GTA 5’s ninth anniversary. But the most important thing these images show is some branding on a subway train that reads Vice City Metro. You can also look at what the developers are doing with the characters. ![]() Miami residents or visitors might recognize the Bayfront Park Solar Amphitheater. There’s also a preview of the urban environment. You can see some details in the photo gallery. Unfortunately, they've already been deleted. A lot of photos have been published as well.Ī set of nine pictures posted on the popular platform Reddit show a couple of in-game snapshots that suggest the popular Malibu Club is going to make a comeback. New leaks appeared late Saturday night and Sunday morning, showing gameplay footage, testing, and debugging. Miami residents can smile for another reason now – their city is going to once again be made popular worldwide thanks to Rockstar Games and their all-new GTA 6 or Grand Theft Auto VI. ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the game is quite stingy at handing out credits, which means that, while there are over 200 cars waiting in the showroom, you’re left with a choice between grinding prior events to earn enough to buy them, or simply upgrading or downgrading parts of a car you already own to hit the requirements for a given event. This form of campaign can, of course, be quite compelling, but the balance in terms of making progress needs to be right. From this you can probably see that the focus of a race is not a celebration of driving or the car you chose to take part in, but instead revolves around meeting objectives in order to move forward to the next event. Complete these and they tally up, allowing you to unlock further events. For each event is a series of challenges, such as finishing on the podium, drafting behind a competitor for 10 seconds before overtaking, or something of that ilk. You gain additional XP for achieving certain goals during the race, be that a clean overtake, drifting a corner, drafting behind an opponent, or simply taking the racing line. This also ties into what happens on the track. XP applies to both your driver – you have to hit certain levels to enter higher events – and also your cars, like in DriveClub. You buy new cars from the showroom using credits and you earn XP from taking part in events. Within each of these categories are groups of events with varying requirements, such as the wheelbase, year of manufacture, or overall car score, such as the type you might have seen in Microsoft’s Forza Motorsport series. ![]() The idea is to work your way through a series of categories, beginning with road races through GT, Formula E, and Indycar challenges. In terms of single player, career mode is where you will likely spend the majority of your time. The blur effect and camera wobble of prior games remains, giving a visceral sense of speed, and the corner waymarking system is likewise taken from the team’s prior work on Need for Speed: Shift. ![]() The single player career mode seems to be heavily inspired by DriveClub, multiplayer primarily works around scheduled events like those in Gran Turismo Sport, there are some board smashing score-based events like in DiRT 4, and we have a range of timed and daily events like the ones that dominate Dirt Rally 2.0. In the pursuit of a wider audience, it would appear that developer Slight Mad Studios has looked at all the best racing games currently available on PS4 for inspiration. Yes, there are scalable assists and difficulty options, but tyre wear, fuel usage, pit stops, practice, and qualifying are gone, and even ignoring the absence of these sim staples, the core of the game feels distinctly like an arcade game. ![]() We would argue there’s also no real celebration of them on the track either because most of the cars feel very similar and handling is optimised first and foremost for accessibility, with controller users in mind. There are over 200 cars with most of the big hitters on the roster, but there’s no celebration of them in the menus like you get in something like Gran Turismo Sport. It doesn’t look or feel like a simulator, either on the track or away from it. Those familiar with the series may be surprised by this, but it’s true.
![]() So how can we help children avoid collisions while having fun learning about space relationships when playing games, moving to music, pretending, and simply exploring? One way is to use props like a hula hoop to not only be the child’s “place” on the floor, but to help your child actually pick up self-space and see that it moves around too. From a child’s perspective, if my self-space is how much room my body needs in my “place,” what happens when I start moving around the room or play yard in something called shared space? It can be a bit challenging but we can help children learn that they take their self-space with them into shared space…and so does everyone else! And now, the familiar safe and self-regulated movements become VERY challenging when other things or other children are included. Young children need lots of practice time for learning about locations in space (up-down, high-low, on top-below, over-under, in front of front –behind, etc.) and judging distance. Most teachers call this place “personal” space or “self” space.īut space awareness is more than a spot on the floor or carpet. And many teachers have children return to their place after doing an activity somewhere else. Knowledge about space, and how I use and manage my body in relation to objects, obstacles, and other movers.įor decades, preschool children have been introduced to sitting or standing on a carpet to define the place (or space) that belongs to them. Space awareness has complex components, but in simple terms for home practice, space awareness is: Have you ever wondered how children actually learn to control their movements, or how we can help them become more skillful movers? ![]() We have all watched and winced as our youngest children collide with coffee tables, chairs, playground equipment, and of course, other children. Even play time can test a child’s enthusiasm and eagerness.Īlmost all young children love to move around, and given a little bit of open space, moving may change to galloping or running. ![]() It can be exhilarating for some and frightening for others. It’s back to school time and my thoughts turn to young children adjusting to new environments, routines, and faces. ![]() Linda Carson, founder of Choosy Kids, LLC ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() No matter if you want to simply access region-specific sites and services (such as streaming platforms content offering) or to read censored news outlets, It can allow you to do that in just a few clicks.Īnother benefit of Open VPN is a unified virtual presence. It allows users to circumvent these issues, offering you stable and secure data stream to their servers, from which you will be re-routed to any major region in the world, and be able to access its “local” content. This may include ISP data rate throttling, website content region blocking, or even government-imposed firewalls. In real-world, ordinary non-business users can encounter various roadblocks that can prevent them from taking full advantage of their home internet connection. It installs deep into the Windows OS, enabling all the user apps to take advantage of the security features, firewall rules, authentication certificates, and more. The core security feature of OpenVPN is based upon OSI layer 2 or 3 secure network extension that is utilizing SSL/TLS protocols. Originally built for use in enterprise environments, the personal tier of OpenVPN retains the highly advanced technologies and lightweight tools. The configuration window of this app is actually very lightweight, and it holds only the most basic of tools for setting the type of your VPN setting (config file, system proxy settings or manual configuration) and a dropdown menu for selecting user interface language (with over 15 available translations). ![]() It comes in a small package that will after installation re-configure the way your computer is accessing the internet. Presence of both automated VPN services and advanced tools have made OpenVPN for macOS into #1 secure browsing software of choice for both regular users, organizations of all sizes and many Fortune 500 companies. In addition to that, It also comes with the large offering of customization tools that can be used for setting up remote access privileges, site-to-site VPNs, enterprise-scale remote access, adaptive load-balancing, advanced Wi-Fi security, failover services, fine-grained user access control, and much more. Please download OpenVPN Connect if you need a working OpenVPN GUI client.īy default, the app can distribute your data traffic across many of its servers, making your online location masked and unrecognizable to Internet Service Providers and the rest of the internet in general. Built from the ground up to support latest encryption methods, this app allows you to connect your Mac to VPN for macOS servers without the fear that anyone will intercept and spy on your data, from where your data requests will be distributed across the rest of the web in a safe and controlled manner. OpenVPN for Mac is an award-winning and fully-featured SSL VPN solution that can allow everyone from computing novices to large companies to configure the way they are accessing the internet, unlocking powerful services for safer and more stealthier browsing experience. ![]() ![]() ![]() Traffic Giant puts the player in the role of public transportation administrator, in charge of keeping the city's traffic and people moving in a timely, orderly fashion. In a style defined by classics like SimCity, the game offers an isometric view of bustling city blocks with lots of side windows full of statistics and useful information. The player works to build bus routes that serve the people efficiently. A fast, effective system of bus, tram, and train routes will persuade more citizens to use public transportation, which in turn will provide better funding as well as reduced traffic from all the people who would otherwise drive where they need to go. I don't know about you people, but since a few years, I don't travel with public transport anymore. The reason for this is that they're never on time and uncomfortable. In Traffic Giant you get the chance to make things better. You can show the world that you're a much better manager for public transportation than any top manager out there and you can even get the traffic jam problem solved. When launching the game, I got some meaningless 5 minute intro where I saw some dude go to work with his car and ending in some major traffic jam where he just blocks all traffic wanting to go in another direction than him. After having watched this sad thingie, and choosing to start up a campaign (and adjusting my graphic settings to 1024*768) I get start off with some small town. This game actually isn't as bad as I had dared. In some way it's even addictive.Įach town has several goals, which you have to accomplish in a certain time, and that's actually the only bad thing in the gameplay. 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A BMI of 18.5–24.9 is considered “normal” weight with a low risk of poor health, while anything above or below may indicate a higher risk of poor health.ĭespite concerns that BMI doesn’t accurately identify whether a person is healthy, most studies show that a person’s risk of chronic disease and premature death does increase with a BMI lower than 18.5 (“underweight”) or of 30.0 or greater (“obese”) ( 4, 5).įor example, a 2017 retrospective study of 103,218 deaths found that the people who had a BMI of 30.0 or greater (“obese”) had 1.5–2.7 times greater risk of death after a 30-year follow-up ( 4).Īnother study of 16,868 people showed that those in the “obese” BMI category had a 20% increased risk of death from all causes and heart disease, compared with those in the “normal” BMI category ( 6). Summaryīody mass index (BMI) is a calculation that estimates a person’s body fat using their height and weight. Though this can give the healthcare professional a snapshot of a person’s health based on a person’s weight, it doesn’t consider other factors, such as age, sex, race, genetics, fat mass, muscle mass, and bone density. ![]() For example, Asian men and women have been shown to be at a higher risk of heart disease at a lower BMI, compared with non-Asians ( 3). ![]() Some countries have adopted this BMI scale to better represent the size and stature of their populations. Once BMI is calculated, it’s then compared to the BMI scale to determine whether you fall within the “normal” weight range ( 2):Īccording to this calculation, a healthcare professional may suggest health and lifestyle changes if you don’t fall within the “normal” weight category. You can also use an online BMI calculator, such as the one provided by the National Institutes of Health. BMI = (weight (lbs) / height (in 2)) x 703.The BMI scale is based on a mathematical formula that determines whether a person is of a “healthy” weight by dividing their weight in kilograms by their height in meters squared ( 1):Īlternatively, BMI can be calculated by dividing weight in pounds by height in inches squared and multiplying by 703: Nevertheless, it’s widely used to measure individuals’ health ( 1). Interestingly, Quetelet stated that BMI was not useful in studying single individuals but rather in giving a snapshot of a population’s overall health. He developed the BMI scale to quickly estimate the degree of overweight and obesity in a given population to help governments decide where to allocate health and financial resources ( 1). “BMI” stands for “ body mass index.” The BMI was developed in 1832 by a Belgian mathematician named Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet ( 1). ![]() ![]() ![]() Cooldown Manipulation: The more Hype an Underlord has, the shorter its cooldowns get. ![]() If you lose multiple rounds in a row, you will also earn bonus gold until you win.
![]() ![]() ![]() Laferrière brings along extensive experience with the franchise, having worked on Assassin’s Creed since 2007 before most recently becoming producer on Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.Ĭreative leads for Assassin’s Creed Infinity will be a cross-studio collaboration, as well. Joint production efforts on Assassin’s Creed Infinity will be headed up by Ubisoft Montreal’s Julien Laferrière who has been named senior producer, overseeing production at both studios. Côté will be joined by Ubisoft Montreal’s Étienne Allonier, brand director for Assassin’s Creed for the last 10 years, and their respective teams in ensuring the Assassin’s Creed franchise continues to exceed the expectations of fans who have been asking for a more cohesive approach to its development over the past several years. One of the founding members of Ubisoft Quebec, Côté began his Assassin’s Creed career working on Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood before becoming creative director on Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, and most recently senior producer on Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The new cross-studio, collaborative structure will be led by Marc-Alexis Côté, who will serve as executive producer of the Assassin’s Creed franchise. Along with our announcement of new content coming for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, we wanted to share some key updates on the talented and creative minds that will now be working in a collaborative, cross-studio structure between Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Quebec that will guide, grow, evolve, and define the overall future of Assassin’s Creed that includes an important upcoming, early-in-development project codenamed Assassin’s Creed Infinity. After both Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla shattered records, we find ourselves in that very moment where we know the decisions we’re making for the franchise now will impact its future for years to come. From its action-adventure origins to its RPG evolution, Assassin’s Creed has shown how the decisions we make now, no matter how big or small, can influence the events of the future. ![]() ![]() ![]() The only mention of engineering during my first year came during a CS lecture, where the professor used train cabins to explain doubly linked lists. Most of my classes were just basics, like physics and math. Society wanted Electric and Computer Engineers.ĭuring my first semesters at UIUC, I didn’t really get to take courses in ECE. But I knew society was ready to move on to sleek bullet-noses and sterile electric motors and automated announcers’ voices. There was something nostalgic about mechanical engineering, the organic throttling of the steam engine. I was accepted into UIUC’s acclaimed ECE program. I want to be the one driving the train, and bringing smiles to peoples’ faces, just like the engineer of that train did for me.įast forward 12 years. Since then, I have dreamed of becoming an engineer. ![]() That moment, I felt that I belonged – in the train, to no geographical location in particular, but to everywhere. The city I knew was gone by then outside was nothing except borderless grasslands. In the morning, the same, rhythmic rocking woke me. ![]() The rocking of the train lulled me to sleep that night. Slowly but surely, we left the light of the train station and then there was nothing to see in the outdoor darkness, except for the moon, surrounded by a halo of softly lit clouds. Boarding, finding the sleeping space I’d share with my mother, my heart pumping with excitement as the throttle of the engine began. One of my most vivid childhood memories was riding on a train. ![]() |
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