In the 1978 film, Loomis says, “I met this…six year old child with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and…the blackest eyes - the devil’s eyes. Sam Loomis, who comes to believe that Michael’s inner life is cruel and dark beyond the realm of normative child psychology. He’s admitted to a psychiatric hospital, Smith’s Grove Sanitarium, under the care of Dr. Before you see 2018’s Halloween, take a moment to review what we’ve learned about Michael in the past forty years.Ī still from Universal Pictures' 2018 'Halloween' Universal Pictures The original Michael who started it allīased on information released in the first two Halloween films, Michael’s fictional biography goes like this: In 1963, a Haddonfield, Illinois six-year-old stabs his teenage sister Judith to death while wearing a clown costume and mask. ![]() Outside the films, details about the character’s origin and development are just as complex and strange. ![]()
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![]() Other products fall under adidas Performance, encompassing outdoor, running, and athletic branches, distinguished by the classic three stripes logo.Īdidas Originals now comprises two classic model lines: 1. The brand exudes a distinct retro and old-school vibe. Thus, the idea of adidas Originals was born. In 1997, the company decided that the original trefoil would only symbolize adidas' "heritage," representing products from the 1940s to the 1980s. At first glance, adidas Originals captivates with its logo. Let's leave the roots of adidas behind and turn to adidas Originals. A black American triumphed at Hitler's Olympics! This success led to another factory for the Dassler brothers, producing half a million pairs of footwear annually.Īdidas Originals - Retro Editions and a Return to adidas' Roots Owens became a sensation at the Olympics, winning four gold medals in adidas shoes. Prior to the games, Adi Dassler offered his sneakers to the American athlete Jesse Owens. In 1936, the world turned its eyes to the Olympics in Munich and Hitler's theater. ![]() Create the best footwear for each specific sport 2. They adhered to a simple motto: "All Day I Dream About Sports." The motto was coined later, but it encapsulated adidas' philosophy during that period: 1. Before World War II, their main focus was manufacturing sports footwear. The brothers used to sew shoes on their mother's sewing machines. In the future, we aim to select only the best pieces from adidas, exclusively focusing on adidas Originals models, retro editions, which often feature limited edition pieces rarely found in stores.Īdidas History - From the Olympics to the Best Sports FootwearĪdidas was founded by Adi Dassler along with his brother Rudolf (who established the PUMA brand). You'll find over a thousand adidas sneaker models here. The presence of adidas footwear at Shooos is highly visible. It's hard to capture the essence of a trend-setting sneaker brand in just a few lines. Adidas - the global leader setting trends in lifestyle footwearĪdidas is a global leader in the production of sports footwear and sneakers. ![]() A panel of testers, comprising of left and right-handed people, tested each stick blender to see how comfortable it was to hold, easy to use and control while blending.The worst hand blenders left us with chopped nuts and herbs of a variety of sizes, lumpy mash and us wondering if the egg whites would ever reach stiff peaks. The best produced smooth mash, whisked eggs to stiff peaks quickly and chopped food to fine, consistent sizes. We blitzed nuts and herbs in mini choppers, whisked eggs with a whisk attachment and mashed up potatoes if it came with a mashing attachment. ![]()
![]() We are committed to go as far as possible in curating our trips with care for the planet. We know that many of you worry about the environmental impact of travel and are looking for ways of expanding horizons in ways that do minimal harm - and may even bring benefits. Our Private Trips are fully tailored itineraries, curated by our Travel Experts specifically for you, your friends or your family. Our Rail Trips are our most planet-friendly itineraries that invite you to take the scenic route, relax whilst getting under the skin of a destination. Our Trips are suitable for both solo travelers, couples and friends who want to explore the world together.Ĭulture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Increasingly we believe the world needs more meaningful, real-life connections between curious travellers keen to explore the world in a more responsible way. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special. ![]() Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.Ĭulture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful - and this is still in our DNA today. It was expected that Abacus would simply fold, take a plea, and pay a fine, rather than go through a time-consuming, expensive trial. ![]() As a small bank, Abacus was perceived to be a much easier target than, say, Bank of America. The film suggests that there were performative aspects, as well as a rather cynical political calculus, at work in the decision of the DA’s office to go so hard against Abacus. This despite the fact that Abacus actually had one of the lowest mortgage default rates in the country. However, Abacus’ cooperation with the authorities mattered little to Vance, who was determined to make an example out of Abacus as a way of showing that the government would get tough with those banks who were responsible for the global financial crisis. They also reported everything to the federal authorities, even going so far as to turn over large binders of relevant documents to regulators. announced the indictments of 19 former Abacus employees, as well as the bank itself, for engaging in (in his words) “large scale mortgage fraud.” Thomas Sung, as well as his two daughters Jill and Vera, who served as Abacus’ president and bank director respectively, were blindsided by these indictments, especially since Jill and Vera had themselves discovered the fraud committed by these low-level employees, and immediately fired the individuals involved. In 2010, New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. (L-R) Vera Sung, Jill Sung, and Thomas Sung in a scene from Steve James’ “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail.” (still courtesy of Sean Lyness/PBS Distribution) Sung very much identifies with that film’s protagonist George Bailey, as he too believed his bank’s primary mission was serving and helping to financially empower his community. ![]() We first meet Sung in the film watching Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” together with his wife Hwei Lin. ![]() This was Abacus Federal Savings Bank, a small community bank based in New York’s Chinatown, founded by Shanghai-born lawyer Thomas Sung in 1984 as an alternative to other banks in the city that would take deposits from Chinese residents, but would refuse them loans to start businesses or buy homes. There was one bank – and to date, one bank only – that was indicted after the 2008 crisis. government’s bailing out big banks such as Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America, because letting them go under would supposedly do irreparable damage to both domestic and global financial systems.Īs far as the consequences for banks in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, it is generally believed that none of these institutions was subject to criminal prosecution, despite the fact that rampant illegal and fraudulent practices precipitated the financial crisis. But as James’ compelling film shows us, this is not exactly true. “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” the title of the latest documentary by Steve James (“Hoop Dreams,” “The Interrupters,” “Life Itself”), is derived from commentator Matt Taibbi’s wry inversion of the familiar phrase “too big to fail.” This was the common explanation and justification for the U.S. ![]() The Chopras, who have two grown children, reside in California. Personal LifeĬhopra married his wife, Rita, in 1970. He's collaborated with a range of artists, from Madonna to Dave Stewart of the 1980s band the Eurythmics. His career has even seen him delve into the music-making business. He regularly brought his message to the Oprah Winfrey Show and was a confidante of pop superstar Michael Jackson. In June 1999, Time magazine dubbed Chopra "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine" and called him one of the top 100 heroes of the century. Chopra has also contributed as a regular columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and the Washington Post. In total, Chopra has published 86 books, which includes 14 bestsellers such as The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, which have been translated into a number of different languages. His message has certainly resonated with the greater public. To Chopra, the answers to our health and happiness can be found internally. His core message centers around the idea that the reliance on a material world complicates finding peace and happiness. But it was his 1993 release Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, which shot Chopra into full-fledged celebrity status, selling more than a million hardcover copies alone.Īt a time when the self-help industry was coming into its own, Chopra became one of its leading faces. His first book, Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/Body Medicine, published in 1989, proved to be a decent seller. But he eventually clashed with his bosses and, in 1995, he started the Chopra Center for Well Being.īy this time, Chopra had become an international success. Best-Selling Authorīy the early 1990s, Chopra had split off from the Maharishi and relocated to California, where he became the executive director of the Sharp Institute for Human Potential and Mind/Body Medicine. Chopra helped oversee the creation of several affiliated clinics and, he became well-known among celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson and fashion designer Donna Karan. Co-founded with the Maharishi, the company successfully launched Chopra into the world of alternative medicine. As his interest in alternative medicine deepened, so did his view on the limits of Western medicine.Īfter a meeting with transcendental mediation guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Chopra quit his job at New England Memorial Hospital and started the Maharishi Ayur-Veda Products International, a company that specialized in alternative products, like herbal teas and oils. It's during this time that Chopra read a book on transcendental medicine that changed his life, and eventually his career path. Malpractice suits are a big deal in the United States." I used to experience the most extraordinary frustration and tightness. Most of my fellow colleagues were very stressed a lot of them were addicts. "The relatives of patients with whom they deal are demanding, litigious, intimidating. "Very unhappy people, physicians," he has said. The work began to wear on the promising doctor, who would later claim that he smoked up to a pack of cigarettes a day and drank consistently. Following the residency, Chopra landed in Boston, where he quickly rose to chief of medicine at New England Memorial Hospital.ĭespite his rising career, Chopra became disenchanted with Western medicine and its reliance on prescription drugs. Eventually, however, he became enthralled with the subject of medicine and enrolled at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in his native city.Ĭhopra envisioned a career in Western medicine, and in 1970 moved to the United States, leaving his home country with just $25 in his pocket and the promise of a residency at a hospital in New Jersey. The son of an eminent cardiologist, Krishnan Chopra, Deepak at first decided against following his father's career path, wanting instead to pursue a career as a journalist. Early Life and Careerĭeepak Chopra was born on Octoin New Delhi, India. In 1995, Chopra, already a prolific book author, founded the Chopra Center for Well Being in Carlsbad, California. After becoming disenchanted with Western medicine, however, Chopra turned to alternative medicine. After attending the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, he eventually ended up in Boston where he began his career as a doctor. The author of numerous books on alternative medicine, Deepak Chopra was born in New Delhi, India, in 1947. ![]() It should be obvious as to if this has worked by the sign of a pink heart by their name. ![]() The Therizinosaurus can be trained to gather specific types of resources for its rider. While it is slow and cannot carry much weight, it is a quite versatile mount, being very strong in battle and having the ability to gather resources effectively. Players can mate boost their pets by having two different gendered pets of the same species nearby each other. The Tickle Chicken, also known by its more boring, scientific name, the Therizinosaurus, is a medium-sized, aggressive dinosaur. Kibble has a higher taming effect than other food like Berries or Meat, meaning the taming meter will rise faster, while also dropping the Taming. The main use of this Kibble is to feed it to a creature that you are taming. It's worth finding or taming a female creature and finding them a mate. Kibble (Dodo Egg) is a Basic Kibble in ARK: Survival Evolved. The Kibble system was reworked with the ARK: Homestead update and is currently available on every platform excluding Mobile. Related: Things That Make No Sense About Ark: Survival Evolvedįirstly, find a female dinosaur of the size players want the egg to be, Dodo's can't lay Large Eggs, and a Triceratops can't lay Small Eggs. Kibble are food items used to tame creatures more quickly and with higher affinity, allowing players to save time and end up with better stats on their tamed pet. This is needed for any type of Kibble and typically the name hints at where the egg will come from. The first and main element players will want to get hold of are the eggs. For example, beginners may find it tough to create Extraordinary Kibble but as they progress through the game and different resources begin to get easier to find, they should be able to grab the required ingredients. Getting hold of the other ingredients shouldn't be too much of a challenge as players progress through the game. Mosasaurus,Giganotosaurus, Dimetrodon Kibble Not work, There is no dodo kibble anymore, dododex is updated though. Offical wiki says same for dodo kibble - 1 x egg, 1 x rockarrot, 1 x cooked meat, 2 x majorberry, 3 x fiber, 1 x water. Pteranodon, Ichthyosaurus, Mesopithecus Kibble the official wiki, which is where you presumably got the recipe youre using, has updated recipes. ![]() The Maewing is described as an 'interstellar wet nurse' and is able to lure offspring of other creatures using its irresistible teats. It resembles a platypus mixed with a flying squirrel and has some sort of ability to glide. however, the griffin is worth the trouble. The Maewing is an 'interstellar wet nurse' in ARK: Genesis Part 2. they are ridiculously fast, and they will circle you and attack you. unless your dad is apollo, it is impossible to knock one of these guys out without using a trap, for my case anyway. Offical wiki says same for dodo kibble - 1 x egg, 1 x rockarrot, 1 x cooked meat, 2 x majorberry, 3 x fiber, 1 x water. i’m a lazy guy, and i don’t usually use traps when i tame things, other than BIG things like a reaper queen or a giga, but THIS IS THE EXCEPTION. Ankylo, Doedicurus, Equus, and Pachy Kibble the official wiki, which is where you presumably got the recipe you're using, has updated recipes. ![]() It is the fastest FLAC to MP3 Converter available. The best of the best, FLAC to MP3 Converter is freeware, it is completely free of charge for any personal & non-commercial purpose. 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Of the total 279,054 primary THA cases with reported femoral stem fixation characteristics identified, 266,040 were cementless and 13,012 were cemented. While adjusting for potential confounders, they used Cox proportional hazard regression analysis with competing risk of death to evaluate the association of fixation and fracture risk. The authors collected patient demographics, then sorted the patients into cohorts based on whether they received a cementless or cemented femoral stem. Cases were linked to supplemental data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) if available. They identified all primary THA procedures in patients aged >65 years. Kelly and coauthors analyzed American Joint Replacement Registry data from 2012 to 2020. healthcare system, we felt this would be an impactful study to illuminate current practices,” Dr. “As a complication demanding resources from the U.S. What inspired the study, according to lead author Mackenzie Kelly, MD, orthopaedic surgery resident at Oregon Health and Science University, was a curiosity regarding the use of cementless femoral stem fixation in the United States despite recent international registry data highlighting an increased risk of PFF in elderly patients. A study comparing the incidence of PPF between cemented and cementless femoral fixation in THA patients was presented at the AAOS 2023 Annual Meeting. There is mounting evidence that suggests an increased risk of PPF associated with cementless femoral stem fixation in elderly THA patients. ![]() Postoperative periprosthetic femur fractures (PPFs), severe complications following total hip arthroplasty (THA), present both a significant clinical and economic burden. ![]() In this case, the active voice is the stronger, preferable choice. Passive: The surface resistance characteristics of ductile steel to impact indentation by hard alumina balls were studied by Nobre et al. (1997) studied the surface resistance characteristics of ductile steel to impact indentation by hard alumina balls. Literature review: The literature review section of a paper often seeks to delineate the most important contributions in the field, which makes actors/agents/authors important.Īctive: Nobre et al. Note how using the active voice in the second sentence helps the reader make a clear mental transition from previous studies to the present study. In this study, we investigated the effect of stiffness on contact behavior. Introduction and Discussion sections: The active voice is especially useful in the introduction and discussion sections of your manuscript, where you discuss previous research and then introduce your own.Įxample: Previous studies have investigated contact behaviors resulting from dynamic loading. This is why you would now find the usage “In this study, we investigated…” very common. In fact, multidisciplinary SCI-indexed journals like Nature and specialist journals like the American Journal of Botany, in their instructions for authors, state that the active voice is preferred. That is the reason why many authorities are going against this traditional notion and encouraging the use of the active voice, with the view that academic papers should be easy to read and understand. Using the active voice definitely makes the sentence less wordy, more readable, and easier to understand, doesn’t it? Passive: An increase in hardness was demonstrated by all the brittle materials under dynamic indentations compared to measurements under static hardness.Īctive: All the brittle materials demonstrated increased hardness under dynamic indentations compared to measurements under static hardness. However, passive constructions can make the text more wordy and difficult to understand, especially when used in long sentences. Passive: In this study, a finite element model was used to numerically analyze the thermal responses of WEDM wire electrodes. If you compare the two examples below, you will see that the passive voice sounds impersonal and therefore, more formal than the active.Īctive: In this study, we numerically analyzed the thermal responses of WEDM wire electrodes using a finite element model. ![]() Traditionally, this tone was considered favorable for scientific writing and authors were advised to strictly avoid using the active voice, especially the use of first-person references, such as “I”, “we”, “my” and “our”, in their academic research papers. The passive voice lends an impersonal tone to the writing which was perceived to be more objective and formal. Until recently, it was the norm to use passive construction in scientific writing. In this construction, the phrase “by the authors” can be omitted, which means that the reader already knows or does not need to know who the doer is only the action is important. On the other hand, in the passive voice, the action being performed is emphasized, and the doer may be omitted.Įxample: Experiments were conducted on planetary gear trains (by the authors). Here, the doer (in this case “the authors”) seems important. The active voice refers to a sentence format that emphasizes the doer of an action.Įxample: The authors conducted experiments on planetary gear trains. All sentences in English are either in the active voice or in the passive voice. So, which is preferable, the active or the passive voice?īefore we get to that, let’s understand the difference between these two kinds of construction. ![]() So, what should authors do? Should they depart from tradition and stop using the passive voice completely? Would using the active voice lend that scholarly tone to the article? Such questions keep bothering researchers when they write their papers. Traditionally, the passive voice was used in scientific writing, but in recent times, there has been a shift from this trend, with journals and editors increasingly showing a preference for the active voice. While some writers argue against the use of passive voice in academic writing, others claim it should be used liberally. ![]() The usage of active versus passive voice is often a source of confusion in scientific writing. |
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