8/19/2023 0 Comments High resolution voynich manuscript![]() "Many hands have held Voynich’s now-eponymous book over the centuries. ![]() ![]() Clemens and his collaborators have done an extraordinary job teasing out some of the secrets and wonders of the enigmatic Voynich Manuscript in ways that will make this volume an invaluable resource for many years to come."-Bruce Holsinger, author of A Burnable Book "A book worthy of its subject in every way. Wieck, Department of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, The Morgan Library & Museum While the essays offer valid clues to the manuscript’s age and relation to late medieval science, the manuscript itself stubbornly refuses to yield its secrets."-Roger S. "This new book, reproducing the entire Voynich Manuscript, is a godsend. “This volume sets out clearly and succinctly the current state of knowledge about this remarkable manuscript.”-Toby Burrows, Parergon the essays are valuable additions to the facsimile.”-Jesse Siragan Arlen, Comitatus “ very high-quality reproduction of the manuscript. "A mouthwatering facsimile of the incunabulum, complete with foldout pages - one origamied into six folios - and a handful of scholarly interrogations."-Peter Lewis, Minneapolis Star-Tribune All told, the new edition should continue to stoke interest in the eternally mysterious artifact."- New Criterion For the first time, Yale has reprinted the manuscript in full, in a gorgeous new edition coupled with scholarly essays on the book. The so-called 'Voynich Manuscript' is proof that, even in our increasingly demystified world, mystery is still alive. "Bibliophiles rejoice-one of the book world’s most fascinating and enduring riddles is now available for all to examine. ![]() "The publication by Yale University Press of an actual-size colored facsimile, with an informative set of specialist essays on the manuscript’s history, materials, cryptological puzzles, and public impact, will no doubt encourage wider engagement with its enigmas and set off a multitude of amateur as well as professional attempts to decipher it."-Eamon Duffy, New York Review of Books This fascimilie and the accompanying series of essays give a clear sense of the current state of knowledge on the manuscript and reveal the findings of new research.”-H.R. This beautiful facsimile will make it available for many more people to become enticed and entranced by it.”-David V. “The Voynich MS has inspired generations of enthusiasts dedicated to deciphering it. "For people who like a good historical mystery, this first authorized publication of the fifteenth- or sixteenth-century Voynich Manuscript will fascinate."-Rebecca Onion, Slate "For the first time, a complete reproduction The Voynich Manuscript, has been published, featuring essays exploring what is known about the book and extra-wide margins so readers can record their responses to its beguiling, beautiful strangeness."-Nina Maclaughlin, Boston Globe Instead, as New York Times best-selling author Deborah Harkness says in her introduction, the book “invites the reader to join us at the heart of the mystery.” The essays that accompany the manuscript explain what we have learned about this work-from alchemical, cryptographic, forensic, and historical perspectives-but they provide few definitive answers. For the first time, this facsimile, complete with elaborate folding sections, allows readers to explore this enigma in all its stunning detail, from its one-of-a-kind “Voynichese” text to its illustrations of otherworldly plants, unfamiliar constellations, and naked women swimming though fantastical tubes and green baths. The book’s language has eluded decipherment, and its elaborate illustrations remain as baffling as they are beautiful. The manuscript appears and disappears throughout history, from the library of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to a secret sale of books in 1903 by the Society of Jesus in Rome. Written in an unknown script by an unknown author, the manuscript has no clearer purpose now than when it was rediscovered in 1912 by rare books dealer Wilfrid Voynich. fifteenth- or sixteenth-century Voynich Manuscript will fascinate.”-Rebecca Onion, Slate Many call the fifteenth-century codex, commonly known as the “Voynich Manuscript,” the world’s most mysterious book. The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle "For the first time, a complete reproduction The Voynich Manuscript, has been published, featuring essays exploring what is known about the book and extra-wide margins so readers can record their responses to its beguiling, beautiful strangeness."-Nina Maclaughlin, Boston Globe “For people who like a good historical mystery, this.
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8/19/2023 0 Comments Define stockpile products![]() Because you need to stockpile the quantity necessary to last your family until the next cycle. In order to successfully stockpile you are going to need to purchase or obtain multiple papers or purchase your coupons/inserts from a clipping service. How can I save money from my grocery budget? This is tricky because some products like cereal cycle every six weeks however some products like baking goods or BBQ sauce only cycles at rock bottom once a year. You purchase in a quantity to last your family until the item can be purchased again at rock bottom. ![]() I stockpile when the price is free or close to free (70% off). Finally, “match” your coupons to the sales ads and purchase when you find a deal that is at rock bottom. How? You compare the coupon policies at the stores you have available to you as well as any incentives they offer you to shop there.The objective is to “match” grocery sale prices to your coupons to take advantage of when your groceries are at the very lowest price or what we call “rock bottom”. When? Stockpiling is a strategic game.If you stockpile successfully, you will save hundreds every month = thousands a year! Why? To save money! If you stockpile your groceries by strategically using coupons, you will never pay full price or retail for your groceries.In this case meaning groceries, personal care or household products. What? A stockpile is a pile or storage location for bulk materials.So, we are here to help you understand and build one. The number one question we receive is, what is a stockpile? Believe it or not most people don’t know the answer. The Dark Prophecy is back to the action quicker than one of Artemis' Hunters can draw her bow.I tuned out Commodus’s ramblings. And the dedication of the ex-hunter couple Emmie and Jo to their mortal life as parents in the Waystation adds nice depth to the story. His endearing relationship with Meg, his polar opposite, continues to develop on the sidelines of all the action. There's less focus on character development here than in the first book, The Hidden Oracle, mostly because Apollo has already accepted his fate as a tortured mortal. It's all big fun, but it does blur together after a while. By the end of the book you'll need the help of Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, just to recall when Apollo and friends fought the giant serpent, when they were set upon by pits of smaller venomous snakes or weird creatures with faces below their armpits, or by Germani soldiers, or by helmeted fighting ostriches. If you like fighting mythological creatures and impossible quests that lead to more impossible quests and more fighting mythological creatures, you will thoroughly dig this sequel. The multistep quest sounds hard enough, but to make matters worse, both the bloodthirsty megalomaniac Commodus and the oracle Trophonius have very old scores to settle with Apollo. They must be saved, and soon, and the throne of Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, must be recovered or their friends will be forced to fight in the arena and their daughter will go mad. They explain that slowly Commodus had kidnapped everyone, including the griffins and Emmie and Jo's 7-year-old adopted daughter. When Apollo and friends enter, the many rooms are empty except for the ex-hunters Emmie and Jo. With the help of former Artemis hunters, they escape to the Waystation, a sentient building that houses an assortment of demigods, griffins, and the formerly immortal. The streets are teaming with the minions of Emperor Commodus - very strong creatures called blemmyae with faces in their chests. In THE DARK PROPHECY, when Apollo, Leo, and Calypso land in Indianapolis atop their metal dragon Festus, they're greeted with an ambush. For animal-loving kids, expect one sad animal death and a commitment by characters to take care of the mistreated animals. For kids who dislike snakes, watch out for the giant serpent and the pit of poisonous vipers. The violence ratchets up a little from the last book thanks to arena fighting (with tortured animals - blame Commodus), some beheadings (three simply because Commodus was bored), and lots of skirmishes with mythological creatures who cause injuries to mortals. Like in the first book, there's a lot to learn about mythology and history, especially about the Roman Emperor Commodus' reign. And, for extra credit, reading the Apollo chapter in Percy Jackson's Greek Gods helps when our "suddenly mortal and very unhappy about it" narrator Apollo recounts key moments of his godly life. The storyline picks up after the war at the end of the Heroes of Olympus, and many old favorite characters make cameos or are mentioned (yay, Leo!). It helps to read them both before digging into the Trials of Apollo series. Did you follow that? The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series came first, then the Heroes of Olympus. ![]() ![]() Parents need to know that The Dark Prophecy is the second book in a series that's a spin-off of a Percy Jackson spin-off series. Talk of girls running away from a drunken father.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Flashback to one man choking another to death.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. People, including children, are kidnapped and held prisoner two men go on a hunger strike. The mention that an elephant's partner was killed as punishment. ![]() ![]() Animals attack: a giant serpent, a pit of poisonous snakes, a swarm of bees. Some injuries that require magical healing including a broken hand and foot, bloody wounds from swords, and madness. Many skirmishes where mythological creatures get skewered by poleaxes, hit with arrows, blinded, killed in explosions, and more and then turn to dust. Heads chopped off - three of them for boring the emperor, and one brother cuts off another brother's head after he becomes trapped and crushed, all so they can't be implicated in a crime (the ghost of the headless brother is a minor character). Arena fighting with exotic, tortured animals, cars, and an assortment of weapons causes injuries. 8/19/2023 0 Comments Womens pullover ski jacketLooking for something more subtle? We’ve got black, grey, army green or navy. We have a whole range of colours and patterns. 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I can’t wait to see where Torrington’s next step as a member of our Class of 2023 will take him!”Ī Washington, D.C., native, Ford completed an average of two grades per school year while being homeschooled by his mother, Tarita. “His is an example of tenacity, perseverance and dedication that are hallmarks of so many of our Business Buckeyes. “Torrington’s story is inspiring in so many ways ̶ from his amazing journey to Ohio State as a young man, to his passion for aviation, to his hard work turning that passion into a career path,” said Anil K. Fisher College of Business, graduates Sunday, he plans to take his career prospects to new heights.įord, 20, is one of the youngest graduates who will be awarded a bachelor’s degree during Ohio State’s spring commencement on May 7 in Ohio Stadium. When Torrington Ford, a fourth-year with a double major in air transportation and aviation management at The Ohio State University Max M. In-Demand Jobs Week is an annual statewide celebration of the jobs, industries and skills that are in demand in Ohio. Ohio State News highlights students as they transition from graduation into the workforce. Two years ago, a man breached several spots on the base - including a military checkpoint - and climbed into a C-40, a transport jet primarily used by members of the Cabinet, Congress and military combatant commanders.May 1-5 is In-Demand Jobs Week. A resident opened fire on the trespasser. ![]() The base has faced security issues previously, including when an intruder reached the housing complex last month. Joint Base Andrews, a few miles outside Washington, houses the fleet of blue and white presidential aircraft, including Air Force One. Officials allowed a limited release from lockdown at 5 p.m., and the full lockdown was lifted an hour later. ![]() The person was reportedly seen near the base’s housing area around 2:30 p.m. No shots were fired and no suspect was found after hours of searching, according to a statement from the Maryland base. WASHINGTON (AP) - Joint Base Andrews, one of the nation’s most sensitive military bases and home to Air Force One, emerged from a lockdown Thursday evening after officials were unable to confirm reports of a man carrying an “assault-style” rifle on the base, authorities said. 8/19/2023 0 Comments Workspaces app![]() Tabs host the conversation, provide access to a list of relevant files, display a Word document or Excel spreadsheet for co-authoring, show a Kanban board from Microsoft Planner or Trello for coordinating current work, and much more.īy design, every channel requires two core tabs for conversation and file access, but beyond those two, there are possibilities galore. While channels segregate attention, as the communication boundary, within a team workspace, the real work is done on the tabs. Membership for private channels is enabled for a subset of the overall team workspace membership list. Microsoft used its annual Ignite conference in November 2019 to release private channels onto the scene, where membership can be defined at both the workspace level and the channel level. ![]() While a separate team workspace could be created for a subset of users, that approach doesn’t always fit the work dynamics of a Team, and over time can lead to fracturing participation across too Channels themselves should also have the ability to enforce a security boundary. Organizations needed more than merely the soft attention boundaries of a channel within a given team workspace. But as Teams gained wider adoption across many industries and organizations, private channels became the most requested feature on Microsoft User Voice. Learn more about AvePoint’s Microsoft Teams management solutions.įor the first three years of its existence, access to a Team workspace in Microsoft Teams gave access to all channels and all tabs. The file-sharing tab is actually a SharePoint surfaced within Teams, and the user can navigate to the full SharePoint site interface from that Team.įor Team workspaces with multiple channels, each team member can choose which of the channels (attention areas) they want to be notified about. The minimum viable Team workspace has one channel (called General) and two tabs-one for conversations and one for file sharing. ![]() Within every Team workspace, channels are used to divide attention areas-such as by topic, by project, by client, by geography, by type, and so on.Īnd within each channel there are tabs, for enabling conversation within the channel and surfacing relevant resources, systems, information, and documents. Security over access to a workspace is controlled by a Microsoft 365 Group (formerly Office 365 Group)-if you are in the Group (uppercase) you have access and if not, you don’t-unless the Group is open to all within the Microsoft 365 tenant. Microsoft Teams Workspace BasicsĪ Team (uppercase) workspace is the basic unit of team (lowercase) and group (lowercase) work, and everyone allowed into the workspace gets access to everything inside the workspace, with the exception of private channels. More on private channels and how that comes into play later. Think of channels as your attention boundary and the Team as your membership (who has access) boundary. The basic shape of a workspace in Microsoft Teams has three components: the Team workspace (including the SharePoint file hosting), which acts as a permissions boundary channels, which focus and divide attention areas and tabs, which surface the key artifacts, data, and apps used by team members. ![]() How to Optimize and Delegate Administrator Access in Microsoft Teams.Microsoft Teams Cloning: The Copy and Paste of Teams.Configuring Microsoft Teams: What You Need to Know.Read the other posts in our series below: This post is an excerpt from our latest ebook “ Using and Tailoring Microsoft Teams for Your Organization.” Download for free today! 8/19/2023 0 Comments Turbocollage vs turbocollage 6Plus, they’re having insane sales at the moment, so I thought I’d highlight one of my very favorite pieces, this cute little striped sweater. Banana Republic’s Chic & Comfy Striped Cotton Sweater: 6 Outfit Ideas Banana’s sales are constantly changing, but at the moment this sweater is on sale…AND has an additional 40% off promo. It’s not really warm enough for true summer outfits here in Philly, but I’ve been looking for a spring-y (yet comfy) topper to throw on. I prefer it a bit shrunken, so I went with my typical size, and it’s available in a ton of colors. It’s perfect with high-rise anything, and I love the nonchalantly chic vibe. It’s so chic and classic that I immediately wanted to offset the preppy vibe with some seriously destroyed denim. And my all-time-favorite heels are on sale at Nordstrom Rack, so if you haven’t yet checked those out…highly recommend.A newer version of TurboCollage is now available. Search TurboCollage 6 on Mac App Store to get the latest version.Ĭreate stunning picture collages on your Mac. Setup a collage with a prominent center picture, arrange pictures in a regular grid, or create a random picture pile. Let your imagination fly and arrange pictures like a beehive. Tie fond memories together into gorgeous picture mosaics. With an intuitive interface, TurboCollage gives you complete control over your collage design. Simply start by dragging a few pictures into TurboCollage. Choose a collage style from seven exciting variants. Select from a range of default picture sizes and aspect ratios or create your own custom size for your collage. Select Landscape or Portrait orientation and use a color or a custom picture as collage background. You can even use a transparent background for your collage. Add shadows to pictures to give your collage a real paper collage feel. Exchange pictures by dragging one picture on another. Shuffle the collage to get another exciting layout. ![]() Use Instant Camera or Postage Stamp border styles in Regular Pile collage.Customize text color, text background opacity and color, shadows, and alignment.Customize number of rows and columns in grid.Set rounded corners on pictures in Grid, Mosaic, Center Frame, and Zig Mosaic collages.Change pile order to bring more prominent pictures on top.Pan and zoom pictures within their frames.Shuffle collage to get a completely new layout.Drag a picture on another picture to exchange them.Wide range of default sizes and aspect ratios.Add unlimited number of pictures to collage.TurboCollage even lets you pan and zoom individual pictures within their frames so that they are positioned just as you wish. You might have a suggestion for a feature or you might like to report an issue you faced. Most end up in folders called “Collage - Do Not Use!" I rarely write reviews of Apps, but this one is INCREDIBLE! 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