You must complete each level 3 times, once for each difficulty level, to collect all of the coins.Collect every coin from each set of 10 levels. Like Gummy Drop on Facebook (mobile only) to earn 300 coins! This mission unlocks after beating level 12. ![]() These are very rare and give you special bonuses for completing them. You will need more as the game progresses. Complete these missions early to begin saving up resources. Collect local workers from each set of 10 levels to build a resource mart.
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Accordingly, even if I found that New York law should apply, there is nothing in this set of facts that would lead me to conclude that application of the Delaware Borrowing Statute would be inequitable.” That is, the totality of the relevant factors does not reveal a strong New York-centric relationship between the parties and the dispute before this Court. Importantly, the court also wrote, “otably, even if I did conclude that New York has the most significant relationship, the preceding analysis shows that that relationship certainly does not dominate the focus of this action. In contrast, the court found New York’s contacts minimal in comparison. The court found that Delaware had the second most contacts Delaware’s contacts included the fact that the transfers at issue were made to Delaware trusts governed by Delaware law and that the trustee of the three trusts is a Delaware entity. The court concluded that Florida had the most significant contacts, which contacts included that the real estate foreclosed on was in Florida and that Florida businesses were involved. But, the court conducted a most significant relationship test and found that Florida and Delaware both had a more significant relationship to the facts of the case than had New York. To get around Delaware’s borrowing statute, the plaintiffs claimed that this case involved an exclusively New York dispute. The court confirmed that the Borrowing Statute should not be allowed to be manipulated to constitute a “sword” to defeat claims that would not be otherwise time-barred. ![]() Where the cause of action originally accrued in favor of a person who at the time of such accrual was a resident of this State, the time limited by the law of this State shall apply.” § 8121), which states “here a cause of action arises outside of this State, an action cannot be brought in a court of this State to enforce such cause of action after the expiration of whichever is shorter, the time limited by the law of this State, or the time limited by the law of the state or country where the cause of action arose, for bringing an action upon such cause of action. The court first examined Delaware’s Borrowing Statute (10 Del. Delaware and Florida’s statute of limitations for fraudulent transfers is four years after the transfer was made or one year after the transfer was or could reasonably have been discovered, whichever is longer. The key issue facing the court was whether New York’s longer statute of limitations controlled (which perhaps would have saved the claims) or whether Delaware or Florida’s statute of limitations applied. ![]() On January 22, 2015, in this case, Vice Chancellor Parsons of the Delaware Court of Chancery dismissed as time-barred most of the creditor-plaintiffs’ claims against three Delaware asset protection trusts (that one of the beneficiaries herself had created) and the trust beneficiaries. Clearly, only Mike can pour drinks no matter how long the patrons are waiting. At this point we decided to leave, of course not before letting the manager know how we felt about our treatment as patrons, somewhat regular since we are weekenders. We waited over 20 minutes and had not yet been served our order, and Mike, the bartender, had not been behind the bar for almost the entire time we were there, he served the man sitting at the bar his drinks and food and then vanished. Today’s experience was unbelievable, we waited and watched as other diners were served drinks and food while we had not yet received our drink order, we knew exactly when we arrived because we had planned to watch the game and were happy we would see kick off. There have been several experiences of poor or slow service at Antlers but since our choices are limited in the area we dealt with the frustration. There are very few restaurant choices in the area, the one we chose most often WAS Antlers. We have a home in the Canadian Lakes and are generally there every weekend. I chose to open Wood Shop Social because I am from here and I want to give the community something we can all be proud of.Another bad experience at Antlers in Canadian Lakes. “My goal is to give the community something that has been lacking for a very long time. Wood hopes that the restaurant brings something completely different to the Mt. Check Facebook for its most up-to-date hours, specials, and menu offerings. In the last week, the restaurant has also added brunch hours on select days. Wood Shop Social also boasts a full-page menu of cocktails and other beverages to enjoy alongside your meal.Ĭurrently, the restaurant is closed Mondays, but open the other six days of the week. Visitors can choose from shareables, salads, pastas, sandwiches, larger meat dishes, and desserts, or sample a little of each. “The menu would be considered "New American." Basically familiar ingredients produced in unfamiliar ways… emphasis on Michigan produce, meat, and fish.” Since beginning their lease of the building in October 2021, they have been busy transforming the place into a contemporary restaurant with a mix of wood and metal furnishes that give it a rustic edge. Wood adds, “I am also the on-camera chef for Michigan Out Of Doors Television.”ĭespite a well-established career and a busy schedule, Wood decided the time was right for him and Jenelle to create their own business venture. In years prior he ran the kitchen at Short's Brewing Company when it first opened, served as Executive Chef at The Sanctuary for ten years, and most recently served as Executive Chef/Partner at Antlers Fireside Grill and CL Pizza Co. This is not Wood’s first time in the kitchen. ![]() I went on to receive my bachelor’s in business management with an emphasis on hospitality management from Madonna University.” Wood says, “I graduated culinary school at Schoolcraft College. Jim, now an experienced chef, was born and raised in Mount Pleasant, and, after varied schooling and training experiences, has decided to call it home as an adult. ![]() Owners Jim and Jenelle Wood are excited to open their restaurant in a community that is near and dear to them. and known by many as the former Italian Oven Restaurant, opened to the public on May 25 of this year, and since then has continued to expand both its hours and offerings. ![]() ![]() If you’re a fan of unique, intricate dishes that utilize products from Michigan, colorful specialty cocktails and drinks, or decadent desserts that put a twist on traditional, a visit to the newly opened Wood Shop Social could be the beginning of a very dangerous, but delectable, new habit. ![]() I had to pay a little over P500 for that delivery. ![]() One thing to note: While BlendJet itself has free shipping options, they ship via Fedex which charges for door-to-door delivery. Surprisingly, it shipped almost immediately and I had it even before a week had gone by. Even the USB slot can take in some water so washing and rinsing the blender will not damage the blender even if you accidentally get some excess water dripping down its sides. * Water-resistant – The blender can withstand some water but dunking into water is not advisable. Pour out and rinse any leftover soapy water carefully. Blend for a full cycle to remove the soapy water. * Easy cleaning – To clean, just pour in some water around halfway. The original blender did not have these markings. This makes it easy for those following recipes to measure out portions. * Measurement markings – The side of the BlendJet 2 has measurement markings in ml and ounce. This way, it won’t activate the blender even if you accidentally press the Power button. Lastly, when you need to travel and place the BlendJet into a bag or you are drinking straight from the BlendJet, hold down the Power button for 3 seconds to put it into Lock mode. You can do quick blends of a few seconds to cut down these hard items into smaller bits, much like a food processor, before going into full Blend mode. Press the Power button twice to go into Pulse mode. Pulse mode is good when trying to blend harder items like nuts and ice. * Blend, Pulse, and Lock modes – The normal mode is usually the Blend mode which blends your ingredients for 20 seconds. ![]() A review I saw says the BlendJet2 has a 4,000mAh battery while the original has a 2,000mAh battery. * Battery life – The manufacturer says that you can go up to 15 20-second blends on a single charge. It takes about 1.5 hours to reach full charge. * USB-chargeable – The blender is chargeable via a USB cable using a USB-C (the original BlendJet used a micro USB connection). ![]() Plus, there are measurements on the side of the body (the original BlendJet didn’t have these). * BPA-free body – It is heavy and almost feels like glass but it isn’t. I put in 1 papaya slice and 2 small bananas with just one-third of the body filled with water and after blending, I already had a full 16oz smoothie. * Larger capacity – The BlendJet 2 can hold 16 oz (475ml) compared to the original which had a volume capacity of 12 oz (355ml). I don’t take ice much (one of those things I learned in my yoga practice – not too much cold stuff) so I just use cold water with my smoothies. My daughter has tried blending with ice cubes in them (we recommend using Pulse mode first to break down the ice cubes into smaller ice chips before doing a full blend) and it did its job fairly well. Look at my first attempt at making a smoothie out of a papaya slice and two bananas. This makes it 5 times more powerful than the original BlendJet, the website claims. This creates a tornado effect that blasts ingredients against the jar “at 275 times per second”, according to their website, resulting in better blending results. BlendJet 2’s stainless steel blades are offset from the center of the base. * Patented Turbojet technology – Other blenders have blades that are meant for blending. There are some great improvements on it since the original BlendJet was introduced. So, here is my very own BlendJet 2 portable blender in HOT PINK!!! One of the latest designs they came up with was the Lisa Frank line of blenders and if not for the fact that I had already placed my order for one, I probably would have gone for a Lisa Frank design. The BlendJet 2 comes in 26 (so far, and still growing) different colors and designs. I finally gave in and ordered right after New Year. I also thought it was a great idea for blending stuff on the go, when I am at the office all day, or traveling. The ad of BlendJet had been popping up on my Facebook feed for some time already and while we have a blender at home, this personal blender caught my fancy because it looked so easy to assemble and clean (unlike our blender here that has to be disassembled and parts washed separately). The AI should generally make decisions based on something I like to refer to as ‘semi-randomness’: What this means is that an AI looks at the choices it can make, assigns a score to each, and then throws a set amount of randomness into the mix based on how unpredictable we want it to be for that particular type of decision.įor example, if the AI is choosing between two different choices that have base scores 50 and 100, and the randomness factor (R) for this decision is 1. While it will likely never be possible (at least with current-gen hardware) to actually expose the AI’s core decision-making loop to modders, anywhere where we can allow modders to hook into its decisions through triggers, defines or scripted values, we should do so. Moddability, within reason: The AI should be as moddable as it is possible to make it without ruining the performance of the game. Transparency and clarity: The AI’s gameplay strategy and decision-making should be comprehensive to a player - if an AI dislikes the player or won’t go along with a player’s proposal, the player should be able to understand why, and the internal strategies that the AI follows according to the ‘roleplaying’ principle should be clearly shown to the player. In addition to this, there are four design principles that guides how the AI should act in Victoria 3:Roleplaying, not min-maxing: The AI in Victoria 3 should ‘roleplay’ rather than try to play optimally or ‘play like a player’.ĪIs should not exploit the game and should be acting according to their internally set goals - as an example, it’s perfectly okay for a small German state controlled by the AI to want to be absorbed into a unified Germany, even though being annexed is clearly not the optimal way to play Victoria 3. It uses all the same features, faces all the same restrictions, and does not receive the advantage of any ‘cheats’ (with some exceptions if you use certain Game Rules, but more on that later in this dev diary). So then, how does the AI in Victoria 3 work? Well, just as in our other Grand Strategy Games, the AI plays the same game you do. However, I won’t really be talking about which exact amount of difficulty the AI provides or which level skill it plays at.įirstly, because perception of AI performance is highly subjective and what is a ‘good AI’ means something different to just about every player, and second because there’s still a few issues to be ironed out before release, one example being AI-controlled countries too frequently experiencing revolutions (something that should hopefully be greatly improved now, but which has yet to be verified by QA). ![]() With the release of the game just a little more than a month away (which honestly feels surreal), one of the last remaining things for us to do alongside bug fixing is to put the final polishing touches on the AI for release.Īs such, this feels like a good time to talk about the AI of Victoria 3 - how it’s designed, how it operates, and what tools modders have available to tweak it. Hello and welcome to the 59th Victoria 3 development diary! ![]() Howard replaced Lindsay Lohan as the lead character in The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (2009). ![]() Cast in June 2008, she superseded Charlotte Gainsbourg as Kate Connor. Terminator Salvation, a high-budgeted 2009 science fiction reboot, was her next project, replacing Claire Danes of TV’s Homeland for the role of Katherine Brewster-Connor from Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003). The same year she wrote and directed a short film, Orchids, as part of Glamour magazine's "Reel Moments" series funded by Cartier and FilmAid International. She is also billed as Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man 3 (2007). She starred as Rosalind in As You Like It (2006), a reprise of her stage role that made such an impression on Shyamalan. Howard replaced Nicole Kidman in Manderlay (2005). Night Shyamalan was impressed by her performance in a Broadway play and cast her without an audition as the female lead in his thrillers The Village (2004) and Lady in the Water (2006). She made her feature-film debut as Heather, a supporting role in Book of Love (2004). Young Howard appeared in three of her father's films as an extra, including her appearance as a child together with her mother in Apollo 13 (1995). At that time, she performed in Broadway productions of classical plays. From 1999-2003, she studied at the Stella Adler Conservatory and at the New York University Tisch School of Arts, and graduated with a BFA degree in Drama in 2003. She applied to drama school as Bryce Dallas, dropping her last name to eschew special treatment because of association with her renowned father. Howard attended the prestigious Steppenwolf School and Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Camp at Catskills together with her friend Natalie Portman. Puzzles in games are rarely mentally challenging. The problem with the Myst games is the scattering of important clues across a labyrinthine world. I struggled through it to almost the end but, by the time I had reached the final puzzle, I was thoroughly worn out by the game’s interface and just looked up the solution. I recently revisited Riven, the sequel to Myst. The game that got so much right and so much catastrophically wrong. For me, the king of games when it comes to this problem has always been the Myst series.Īh, Myst. Which brings me to the other downfall with so many computer puzzle games: struggling with the interface. But, especially for the trial-and-error puzzles, a slight slip of the mouse (or finger) can knock something the wrong way and force you to start again. It helps that the game invites you to play with around with items as if they were real physical objects and, by and large, the interface into the game is well done. Fortunately, there are not too many puzzles of this sort in The Room. Solving a puzzle by trial-and-error when you’re not certain a clue hasn’t been missed somewhere else is irksome. Sometimes you’re really looking for a physical key, sometimes you’re looking for a word or a number sequence, sometimes you’re looking for a hidden panel or disguised switch, but there’s always a key of some sort. Puzzles in The Room are almost all of the type where you are presented with a lock, so you need to search for a key. I think that’s how they were intended to be solved, but I’m not certain, and they jar with the rest of the game. There are a number of puzzles in The Room which I solved using trial-and-error. There is no other way and the game never misleads you into thinking you need to be clever to win at it. I think the reason Grow really works is that trial-and-error is obviously the way the puzzle is MEANT to be solved. The game works on one level because so many of the dead ends produce interesting outcomes with fun animations and sound to reward you even when you get it wrong. Mathematically daunting, the millions of different combinations are gradually whittled down as you observe the outcomes of your various guesses. It features 12 objects that have to be fed into a giant sphere in the correct order to make it “grow”. My favourite trial-and-error game is probably Grow, from 2002. I don’t think there’s anything fundamentally wrong with trial-and-error as a puzzle game concept: not every problem can be solved with logic and deduction. ![]() I still remember how that game relied almost entirely upon trial-and-error to find your way through, with one wrong choice sending you back to the beginning. Problems that have rarely been solved.įor me, puzzle games on computers started in the 1980s with Granny’s Garden on the BBC Micro. It’s also easy to see why it’s popular as it’s beautifully presented, accessible and contains nothing taxing enough to cause severe frustration.īut all the way through I spent more time thinking about other games, and the numerous problems with computer puzzle games as a genre. It’s a short game, possible to complete in an evening. It can be picked up cheaply as a mobile game, or for a few pounds on Steam in a revamped desktop incarnation. I decided to give it a whirl to see what the fuss was about. Once you've completed the puzzle a couple 3 times the patterns will be easier to spot.The Room came out back in 2012 and won enough awards to get its own Wikipedia page. You can zip through the puzzle or it can take forever, take a break if and when the frustration builds. You'll occasionally be forced to incorporate already completed dots into new sequences. The most successful, (basic) patterns I have found are squares and triangles.ġ0. Move deliberately so you can incorporate extra items, (dots that follow color sequence pattern) into current pattern when able.ĩ. Eventually you'll be forced to look off screen for outliers, (when puzzle doesn't end once screen is cleared)Ĩ. ![]() You'll occasionally be forced to incorporate already completed dots into new sequences.ħ. It helps minimize incorporating already completed dots into a new set of changes.Ħ. If possible I try to begin the puzzle along the perimeter of the screen and work my way left to right/right to left, top to bottom/bottom to top. You must scan the screen for groups of like colors, (close to the sequence change) then figure out where to exit the pattern so as not to go back over a just changed color, (will reset puzzle to beginning).ĥ. Red, Pink, Dark Blue, Light Blue, Green, Yellow, White.Ĥ. Don't know if each game has a different sequence, this is the sequence of color change in my game. Don't save in the middle of a puzzle it's not worth it.ģ. Save just before the spirit starts the puzzle, (can always restart from it)Ģ. The patterns are different every time you play through the game.ġ. ![]() FAQsīelow are a few of your frequently asked questions about animating on Krita: Is Krita good for animation? You can activate the move tool on a Mac by holding down Command and T and then using your mouse to select the layer or object you want to move. The move tool in Krita does not have its own icon on the workspace. You can also use your keypad to zoom in and out of your canvas. You will need to hover your mouse over the canvas and move it into your desired location. To move your canvas on a Mac, you do not need to tap or click on it. You can also hide onion skins if you don’t wish to use them. You can edit and change the color and opacity of the onion skins within each frame to suit your personal preferences. Please see below some of my extra tips to keep in mind while using Krita for animation purposes: Onion Skins This program is incredibly advanced and can take quite a bit of time to familiarize yourself with. Note: You must download the FFmpeg file format and save it to your device before exporting your animation. Once you have made your decision, click OK. You can also export your image as a Video or Both. You can export your file as an Image Sequence, which will save each frame individually. When you are ready to export your animation project, go to the File menu in the top left-hand of the toolbar. Once you are done, go back to the Animation Timeline. Step 3: Select the Add Keyframe button which is to the right of your playback speed window.ĭrag your new Keyframe to its desired location. Step 2: Choose Transform Mask and then use your selection tool to move your layer into a new position. Tap on your layer and beside the + icon underneath it, click on the downward arrow. Step 1: Select the Animation Curves menu to the right of the Animation Timeline. If you want to tween the animation, follow the steps below: How to Tween in Krita: This will continue to play your animation until you pause it. Once you have made these changes, tap on the play icon on top of the Animation Docker. Tap on the Speed percentage window on top of your layer and use the arrows to increase or decrease the playback speed. Step 5: You can choose the speed at which your animation plays. ![]() Everything inside the orange highlighted section will be selected.Īlternatively, you can tap on the three horizontal lines icon to manually input which frames you want to be played. If you want to play your animation, drag your mouse over the active frames to select them. To be able to see each frame, activate the Onion Skin by tapping on the lightbulb icon on the layer. Repeat this step until you have all the frames you want to add. Tap on the new frame and draw your next shape. In the drop-down menu, select Create Blank Frame. Step 4: Create a new frame by tapping on the orange highlighted section in your Animation Timeline. For example, I’m using a small circle shape that I created using the Ellipse tool. You can do this by tapping on the white box in the top right-hand corner and in the drop-down menu, selecting the Animation option. Once you have made these changes, tap on the Create button in the bottom right-hand corner of the window. Select the option that says As canvas color in the Background menu. Then tap on the Content tab at the top of this window. Under Custom Document, you need to set the dimensions to 1200 x 1000 pixels and a DPI of 72. You can do this by clicking on the paper icon in the top left-hand corner of the screen. 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