![]() ![]() ![]() Board of Education (1954), for instance, he recalls that that monumental ruling was met not with compliance by those who disagreed with it but with outright defiance. Instead, Breyer’s own accounts of the most famous episodes in the Court’s history appear to undercut his thesis about the source of its power. But from Breyer, a former Harvard Law School professor with nearly three decades of experience on the nation’s highest court and with a well-deserved legacy as its leading pragmatist, one hoped for something more nuanced if not more genuinely original. The central thesis of his book is that the reason Americans have over time abided by the Supreme Court’s interpretations of the law, even when disagreeing with them-he emphasizes that he himself has written any number of dissenting opinions-is that they have accepted the view that the justices are not acting “politically.” By “politically,” he seems to mean in accord with the positions of the political party to which they or the president who appointed them belongs. Invoking Cicero, Breyer opens by noting that legal obedience, the kind a society needs if it is not to descend into chaos and what Tennyson called the law of “tooth and claw,” requires either fear of punishment, hope of reward, or belief that the law is just even when it doesn’t deliver what you hope for. I have written much that is entirely positive about his judicial opinions, 3 so it pains me to say that his book reads as though it had been written by someone oddly unaware of the implausibility of its factual claims. 2 In his stubborn avowal that the Court-even with its current far-right supermajority-remains an apolitical body, he perpetuates a lie that is anything but noble. ![]() Unfortunately Breyer’s book, surely the least impressive of his considerable body of extrajudicial writings, 1 is not a thoughtful exploration of the virtues and vices of well-meaning deception. He could have grappled with the idea that protecting the Court from a loss of public trust might require purveying the Noble Lie that its decisions are, despite all appearances, truly apolitical in character, and that all nine of its justices can be trusted to abide by the oath they take to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States” and to “administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich.” It is a question that Justice Stephen Breyer, the dean of the Supreme Court’s liberal wing and its fiercest proponent of the Enlightenment values of truth and reason, might have taken up in his latest book, The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics, published a few months before his recent announcement that he intends to retire from the Court.Īfter all, the book’s implicit theme is that the Court-and by extension our republic and the rule of law, which depend, he argues, on the Court retaining its current influence-would be threatened if fears that it has become too politicized were voiced out loud. ![]() From Plato’s Republic to Ibsen’s The Wild Duck, from Pascal’s Pensées to Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, writers have pondered the Noble Lie-the morality of resorting to falsehood and delusion to conceal, usually from the masses but sometimes from oneself, truths whose revelation would wreak havoc, or at least do more harm than good. ![]()
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Matplotlib’s powerful tools and ubiquity within the scientific Python Userbase, which in turn has led to an active developer base and Has been one of the great strengths of Matplotlib. This cross-platform, everything-to-everyone approach Work regardless of which operating system you are using or which outputįormat you wish. Matplotlib supportsĭozens of backends and output types, which means you can count on it to With many operating systems and graphics backends. One of Matplotlib’s most important features is its ability to play well It received an early boost when it was adopted as the plotting package of choice of the Space Telescope Science Institute (the folks behind the Hubble Telescope), which financially supported Matplotlib’s development and greatly expanded its capabilities. John took this as a cue to set out on his own, and the Matplotlib package was born, with version 0.1 released in 2003. ![]() IPython’s creator, Fernando Perez, was at the time scrambling to finish his PhD, and let John know he wouldn’t have time to review the patch for several months. It was conceived by John Hunter in 2002, originally as a patch to IPython for enabling interactive MATLAB-style plotting via gnuplot from the IPython command line. Matplotlib is a multiplatform data visualization library built on NumPy arrays, and designed to work with the broader SciPy stack. We’ll now take an in-depth look at the Matplotlib tool for visualization in Python. ![]() ![]() ![]() Or domestic destination, any amount of material that fits into a USPS-provided Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelope or Box can be The Postal Service offers special prices for Priority Mail Flat Rate Envelopes or Boxes. 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The software then automatically works to find a table and seat for you. This is also available on their no-download software client. To join a cash game, you now just select the stakes and table size you want to play. Cash game players no longer see a traditional lobby interface with a table list. This is used by questionable poker HUD software players to track and sit to the left of poor players, they’ve taken things one step further to prevent table selection. Anonymous tables already inherently prevented “bum hunting” and seating scripts. Quick seat now added to further level the playing field.This applies to every every Texas Hold'em and Omaha game. Players are only given a number from 1-9 and can never be tracked across tables. While some poker sites have pussyfooted around with anonymous tables, Ignition applies them across every cash game, Zone (fast-fold) game, Sit and Go (including Heads-up), and tournament. A ll identifying data blocked from all games. ![]() The result? They’re still one of the loosest poker sites online, open to US players, and have grown exponentially since introducing anonymous tables. It was a brilliant idea that the rest of the industry is starting to catch up with.
![]() Mastercard sees ‘a lot of promise’ in blockchain tech if safety and simplicity are prioritized (TC+) The ruling comes nearly two weeks after Montenegro’s Basic Court agreed to release detained Kwon and his former colleague Chang-joon Han on bail. Montenegro court overturns Terraform founder Do Kwon’s bailĪ high court in Montenegro overrode a lower court’s previous decision that would have released Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon on bail. Its first cohort, Wolfpack 1, consisted of eight teams and 23 founders from 10 countries, and they presented their ideas on Wednesday during a demo day, exclusively covered by TechCrunch+. In Wolf’s Clothing (Wolf), a startup accelerator launched by asset management firm Stone Ridge, wants to bolster Bitcoin-focused applications and use cases. Take a look at Wolf’s first cohort of Bitcoin-driven startups (TC+) The other members of the consortium are crypto mining firm US Bitcoin Corp., Proof Group, Steven Kokinos and Ravi Kaza. 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If you’re not familiar with cross contact, it occurs when a gluten free product comes into contact with something (like equipment) that is used for an ingredient or product that contains gluten. ![]() If you are familiar with cross contact, chances are you may find that concerning. Products at Blue Bell are made on equipment that is shared with their gluten containing products. According to customer service: “If a specific Blue Bell product contains an allergen ingredient, it will be listed in the ingredient declaration on the label.”īe sure to always read each individual product label before deciding if a product is safe for consumption. In correspondence with their customer service team, I learned a few key things you should know.īlue Bell does make products that contain gluten and other allergens. To learn more about the gluten free products and procedures at Blue Bell, I reached out to the company directly. On the upside, many of them are! I don’t think you’ll have any trouble finding one, or two or maybe even six flavors you’ll love. Not all ice cream or ice cream products from Blue Bell Creameries are gluten free. Since labeling is very important for any gluten free product, I’ve created this simple guide to understanding Gluten Free Labeling and Certification. One of the quickest and most reliable ways to ensure the ice cream product you are choosing is truly gluten free, is to look for gluten free labels and certification. However, if the flavorings used contain additives or starches, the ice cream then contains gluten containing ingredients and is no longer gluten free.īeyond flavors, ice cream comes with endless add-ins, like chocolate bars, candy and cookies, which pose an even greater risk to people with celiac disease.įor example, cookies are typically made with wheat flour and since wheat is one of the main sources of gluten, you can see how quickly ice cream can become dangerous to a person with a gluten allergy. Simple flavors like vanilla are typically gluten free as long as the extracts used to flavor the ice cream are gluten free. Where things start to get a little more complicated is when we look at ice cream flavors. Dairy is naturally gluten free, so ice cream that contains nothing more than dairy and sugar is gluten free. It’s made with cream and/or milk and sugar. Ice cream in its most basic or natural form is simple. Let’s break down how gluten and ice cream are related. Oatmeal Cream Pie is available in half-gallon and pint sizes while supplies last.īlue Bell tends to introduce new flavors during the spring and summer months, so I can't wait to see what their newest sweet concoction will be.Orlando,FL/USA -5/4/20: The Ice Cream section of the frozen foods aisle of a Publix grocery store where all sorts of tasty baked goods are displayed. ![]() It is just like eating a homemade oatmeal cream pie, but in ice cream form.” The texture and taste of the soft oatmeal cookies tie it all together. Victoria Piranian Butter Crunch Butter Pecan Cherry Vanilla Coffee Cookies n Cream. Once the vanilla icing swirl hits your taste buds, you know this is going to be good. So you can spend less time deciding on a flavor in the freezer aisle. “You immediately taste the sweetness of the brown sugar in the ice cream, but it is subtle. Skip the ice cream treats you find at the parlor and grab this dessert you can keep in your freezer to scoop. “We have taken all of the best parts of an oatmeal cream pie and combined it with our ice cream,” said Jimmy Lawhorn, vice president, sales and marketing for Blue Bell. Creamy butter pecan flavored frozen dairy dessert. Who am I kidding? Sample is not the right voured or gorged would probably be more accurate. ![]() I sampled some last year and I absolutely loved it. ![]() Oatmeal Cream Pie is a delicious oatmeal-flavored ice cream with hints of brown sugar mixed with soft oatmeal cookies and a vanilla icing swirl. ![]() ![]() Ellie Rowsell’s childhood neighborhoods of Finsbury Park and Holloway served as the settings for the music video for her song. “BROS” is a beautiful song about the strength of friendship, and the music video captures the sentiment. The friendship between Fender and his friend ended once he moved back to his father’s home in the northeastern area of England. Fender admits in verse 2 that he, too, had anxiety and that his friend’s godmother helped him relax. Fender’s friend had a strict upbringing and turned into a furious bully, as we learn in verse 1. These beautiful songs about growing up with friends will touch your heart.įender recounts a story that is at least partially autobiographical about his childhood friendship with another boy. Friends, while growing up, become the ones we want to be around when we celebrate our successes and mourn our losses. Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves. Growing up with friends is a fantastic experience that you will never forget. Because of his worries about what might happen if he sends his daughter out into the world, he is hesitant to do so. A dad wonders how much of an impact he has made on his daughter’s development thus far. ![]() The song focuses on the impact of parents on their children’s lives and developing years.
![]() ![]() ![]() This approach also has the added bonus of teaching you a bit about the live.remote/object/observer/etc objects (if you don't already know about them) which is awesome, cause they're pretty darn cool. So far just one page for sample editor workflow. I wish I could remember what the names are so I wouldn't sound like such a space cadet but it's a lot easier than it may seem. Last night I whipped up a set of buttons in TouchOSC for iPad to control Logic key commands via Osculator. But the answer is that it's easy you just have to read about the max objects who's names start with live.(name) and are related to live.remote. One of those max4live objects lets you scroll through controls by id or something like that so you just make a counter and metro that bangs every millisecond (you might have to go a tiny bit slower just so all your stuff doesn't crash at once) and just get it to find the current value of that slider/know/whatever and resend it to itself.Įrm, so you want to use liveobserver (I can't remember what it's called but it's something like that). So while you have definitely found the path, it will be a little while yet before that becomes a setup that is easy to live with.You can make a quick max for live patch that uses liveremote or liveobject to quickly scan through every possible parameter and send a "bang" to it (this would have the same effect as quickly touching all the knobs and sliders and buttons etc). After 2.2, there will be some very interesting new controller options. Also, there is a bug in 2.1 such that the learned commands are not saved properly on module import. I hope this makes sense.Yes, it makes sense, and (unfortunately) no, there is no easier way to setup the remote control yet other than the learn method - yet. Calmaestudiis in Spain have created a free template for the iOS platform which enables you to control your Pro Tools rig using buttons on the iOS device which enact Pro Tools shortcuts. (This would also make sense for the Kaoss Pad which I find difficult to assign in any app where I can't just assign cc "12" and "13.") Secondly, community member Tom Scrivano told us about a solution that is like a Hotkey Matrix on an iPad. If, say, Osculator assigns cc 12 to the X and cc 13 to the Y, is there a way to just punch in these assignments rather than relying on touching the iPhone to do so? I went around looking for a module that could do this but I don't find one. I invariably accidentally slide the X when I want the Y and vice versa. This is also true when assigning the XY pads in Num. By the time I got to number eight I was about to kill myself. It's nearly impossible to touch the correct tiny little fader when assigning, especially sixteen times. ![]() My current workflow is: AKAI APC Mini > MacBook > OSCulator > atemOSC > ATEM 1 M/E Production Switcher. Lets get creative Skills: Waveform Octave Fine tune Oscillator. It is pretty easy to set up TouchOSC, but OSCulator is a bit more tricky so I’m looking for some experts who also uses OSCulator and can teach me how to solve my issues. This is especially true when setting up something like gate or velocity to TouchOSC's multifaders. Trainer and sound designer Rishabh Rajan created this course to show you all about them. I forgot to eat dinner!īut my question is whether there is an easier way to assign MIDI cc to sliders than control-clicking the "Learn MIDI cc" and then touching the controller itself to assign that cc to the Num. It's a lot of cheap fun to move the faders up and down on my iPhone and watch the gate sliders move accordingly. My Axiom has only eight knobs and I've been wondering what controller out there might work for me to control multiple sliders on multiple sequencers, unipolar as well as bipolar. allows each step/slider of a sequencer to learn a MIDI cc is what makes this work. Maybe this is common knowledge, but occurred to me tonight that TouchOSC would be terrific controller for Numerology and I got some bits and pieces set up to test it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Various monsters also roam around the open waters seeking to destroy any threatening adventurers. The seas are overrun with villainous pirates who sail around the seas, searching for their next innocent victim to ravage. Player's are given the opportunity to band together and explore the vast lands and open seas while ridding the world of the terror that has befallen it. Once a prosperous place, it has since been overrun with villains and creatures, both of which create havoc amongst the people residing. Players will be exploring the vast maritime continent of Lux Plena, which is comprised of both large and small islands. ![]() ![]() There is a lot for players to see in the world of Florensia, both on land and across the sea. Once a skill is acquired, players can then continue to level each individual skill. Each time a player wishes to level up a new skill, they must go and buy the appropriate book in order to do so. Both forms of levelling provide for quite a bit of personalization the wide variety of choices that exist. On sea, a completely new and skill system exists for players to level their players up with. Beyond your land character development exists the separate sea structure, broadening a whole new horizon in the game. Each selection is that much more important and perhaps the extra time provided in the skill book system allows players to more thoroughly think through their decisions. Regardless of the choice, an intricate skill system exists within, alluring to players that enjoy in depth character development. There are basic attacks or actions for each, as well as a special, but if ships get close enough they can use rifles as another method. Each ship can be upgraded and it is necessary to purchase ammunition before heading out to sea. On sea there exists five types of ships to choose from Armored which is more defensive, providing protection for the fleet – The Assault ships are more offensive – Big Gun's are exactly that, a large powerful gun that is used from a distance, similar to artillery, but very explosive – Maintenance provide repairs to the rest of the fleet – Torpedo's are very fast, used mostly for quick striking attacks. The base classes are similar to the standard four-class system that is used in most games.Not only are the base-classes in Florensia quite unique in themselves, the extra eight classes that stem from them are very diverse, each an exclusive enhancement from the original. The Explorer can choose to become an Excavator or a Sniper - The Mercenary can choose between a Gladiator and Guardian Swordsman - The Noble chooses between Court Magician and Magic Knight - The Saint decides in becoming Priest or Shaman. Each base type has two paths that the player can choose to take. As players level up, the door is opened to new types of classes. An elaborate display of adventure and mystique awaits in Florensia.įour base classes and deep character developmentĪt the beginning there are only four base classes of characters to choose from, but as the game progresses so does the character development. Cross the open waters to the various islands or sea sections accessible by boat, reach a dock and explore various towns, dungeons and other areas across the maritime continent of Lux Plena. While most games stick to more land-based environments for their players to explore, this Ala playa published game brings both combat on land and sea and combines it into an action-packed fantasy MMORPG. Has the desire to drift across the open seas and then roam across the various terrains of a world in the same game ever burned deep in your cyber-heart? If so, then Florensia is exactly what your heart desires. "Florensia is definitely a game worth checking out for any MMO fan, especially if they have ever wished to be involved in naval warfare and with the combination of adventures and battles across land this is a great game to experience." ![]() |