![]() A queen was transformed into the central rock structure. I also combined the rooks & pawns from both sets to get myself enough troll & dwarf units, respectively. ![]() I bought two cheap chess sets and repainted one of the boards from 8×8 to 13×13, as seen above. ![]() I was now struck by the urge to try to do the same, and to help with the testing (& because it felt like a cool and fun thing to do) I decided to build myself a Thud board & the necessary pieces. I had noticed years ago that some people on boardgamegeek (iirc) had tried to construct rules for Thud. The book lays out some basic rules and features of the game, but leaves out a lot. The story didn’t grip me all that much the first time around, but now I’ve grown to appreciate it quite a bit more.Īnyhoo, the book features a fictitious boardgame called Thud. ![]() I’m a huge fan of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, and have recently been leafing through his book, Thud!, again. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Want to see Khanmigo in action? Khan Academy invites users based in the United States to explore and test AI’s capabilities by joining the Khanmigo waitlist. It encourages collaborative story writing and provides feedback on drafts, which helps students improve their writing abilities. It has been designed to write with students rather than for them. Khanmigo encourages Socratic dialogue and debate by providing a safe space for students to fine-tune their arguments, which can give them more confidence in class. It can help students with math and computer programming exercises and can provide context-aware help for video content. Khanmigo not only detects students’ mistakes, but it also identifies misconceptions in their understanding and provides effective feedback. ![]() ![]() Instead of worrying about students using AI to cheat, Sal said we should focus on the positive use cases. During his talk, Sal gave a live demo of Khan Academy’s new AI-powered guide, Khanmigo. Sal shared how AI has the potential to scale this tutoring economically and provide personalized instruction to students on a global level with the help of an AI-powered assistant. Bloom referred to this finding as the “Two Sigma Problem,” since providing one-to-one tutoring to all students has long been unattainable due to cost and scalability issues. The “Two Sigma Problem” and AI’s solution:īenjamin Bloom’s 1984 “Two Sigma” study highlighted the benefits of one-to-one tutoring, which resulted in a two standard deviation improvement in students’ performance. ![]() ![]() ![]() Rev and Emma fear growing into their parents. The troubled teen Rev’s parents take in as a short-term foster placement brings horrific baggage, adding to Rev’s stress. ![]() The teens’ connection is a balm for Rev and Emma, even as each inflicts unintended pain. She mends a frayed friendship too, but her parents’ marriage proves unfixable. When a player/troll intrudes with obscene, threatening messages, she turns to a friendly player, who offers help. Meanwhile, Emma’s proud of the computer game she designed, an escape from her parents’ foundering marriage. His increasingly ominous emails reawaken Rev’s nightmarish memories. When Rev turns 18, his father initiates contact. Rev wears hoodies to cover scars left by his abusive father a decade earlier successful adoption hasn’t healed Rev’s invisible scars, either. An accidental meeting leads to romance for two anxious teens sharing secrets, they discover each is being stalked. ![]() ![]() He has 3 children with Orie Kimoto.īorn on June 20, 1976, in Tokyo, Inagaki started to like manga when he read Fujiko Fujio's Manga Michi in middle school. Stone in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 2017 in collaboration with Boichi. Between 20, Inagaki collaborated with several artists, including Bonjae, Katsunori Matsui, and Ryoichi Ikegami, and published one-shots in different magazines. In collaboration with the artist Yusuke Murata, Eyeshield 21 was serialized between July 2002 and June 2009 in Weekly Shōnen Jump. After three one-shots, he moved to Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, in which he started the work he is best known for, Eyeshield 21. He started his career in 2001 publishing works for Shogakukan's magazine Big Comic Spirits. ![]() ![]() Riichiro Inagaki ( Japanese: 稲垣 理一郎, Hepburn: Inagaki Riichirō, born June 20, 1976) is a Japanese manga writer from Tokyo. ![]() ![]() ![]() Before we get to that story however, we’ll dive into the first issues with Levitz as sole writer of the book and a little something extra as a bonus. Specifically, the Paul Levitz run featuring the Great Darkness Saga. ![]() Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron. The DC3 Legion Boy is back to talk about, well, the Legion of Super-Heroes. The White Witch gets an origin story, and Ontiir goes to trial. Nemesis Kid has a plan for revenge, and no Legionnaire can stand in his way! Starfinger attacks, while Saturn Girl falls prey to Darkseid’s curse!Ī: Keith Giffen (designer), Steve Lightle (artist) TALES OF THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES ANNUAL #3 Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! () It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron. In the city of Metropolis, in the 30th Century, there exists one of the most amazing clubs of all time! Its members are teen-aged youths, each possessing on special super-powers! The club members have vowed to use their fantastic power to battle crime… This rocket-shaped building is the Legion Clubhouse! ![]() ![]() And he just wants to bask in his greatness. Watching Lochan tests what he wants, Lochan's skills are some of the best seen. Ervyn is set to be an archer once training camp is completed. Nothing gets the blue eyed half breed's attention. The aloof, talented assassin in training doesn't notice anyone and it perplexes and frustrates Ervyn. His man, Lochan, half human/half elf aka mutt, doesn't know it yet but he's been claimed. Highland Dark elf, Ervyn, sees his man at training camp and wants his eyes on him. The Mutt (An Order Series Book 1) by Kasia Bacon: The Order Series: A Dark Elf archer. And I also want to let them know, I hope they nag the author (I mean it in the sweetest way possible) because this a winning concept and the novel needs to be out like yesterday. ![]() I personally want to thank Lochan and Ervyn. Twenty-One Arrow Salute Kasia Bacon Order Series 2. ![]() ![]() The author begins with a note stating the characters would not let up until she told their beginning. The Mutt by new author Kasia Bacon is a prequel of sorts set in the Order universe, a fantasy based world with a contemporary feel. ![]() ![]() Part V: Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age.Part IV: Akallabêth: The Downfall of Númenor." Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"." Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"." Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"." Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor"." Of the Silmarils and the Unrest of the Noldor"." Of Fëanor and the Unchaining of Melkor"." Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië"." Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor".Part III: Quenta Silmarillion: The History of the Silmarils.Part II: Valaquenta: Account of the Valar and Maiar according to the lore of the Eldar.Part I: Ainulindalë: The Music of the Ainur.The bulk of the book consists of the Quenta Silmarillion, which is mainly concerned with the deeds of the Noldor and the tales of the First Age of Middle-earth. It covers the history of the world of Arda from the birth of Eä to the end of the Third Age. Tolkien's works, edited and published posthumously by his son Christopher Tolkien and published in 1977, with assistance from fantasy fiction writer Guy Gavriel Kay. ![]() The Silmarillion is a book which is a collection of J.R.R. Several tales of victory and tragedy are caught up in it but it ends with catastrophe, and the passing of the Ancient World." ― J.R.R. " The Silmarillion is the history of the War of the Exiled Elves against the Enemy, which all takes place in the North-west of the world (Middle-earth). Hardcover paperback deluxe-edition audio-book ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "I made sure we had enough ice in the corner to keep Ali going," Kilroy recalls. The conditions ensured they earned every dime as estimated temperatures of 43C under the glass roof of the Araneta Coliseum served to all but cook both men. Kilroy, one of the only surviving figures from Ali's team on that morning in 1975, tells the Greatest Fights podcast the ferocity of what played out made him "think" about the nature of the sport.Īli made some $9m (£4.4m in 1975), Frazier around $5m (£2.45m). Heat, hustlers and more heat Ali lost to Frazier in 1971 but beat him in 1974 and in Manila in 1975 Frazier, swollen and unable to see from his left eye, felt he hit his rival with "punches that'd bring down the walls of a city" and yet he was left contemplating defeat. He stood in Ali's corner, shouted messages from ringside and later watched his friend and employer - who should have been celebrating - sit battered and bruised in his hotel room.Īli simply said the 14 rounds felt "like death". ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Enoch provides an entertaining read…an often amusing and just as often dangerous battle of the sexes that will delight fans., PRAISE FOR SUZANNE ENOCH and her bestselling romances "A sensual, captivating romance."- Kirkus Reviews on Rogue with a Brogue "Enoch strikes all the right notes."- Publishers Weekly on Rogue with a Brogue "This highly gifted author has blessed her fans with a tale filled with incredible characters, a fast pace, snappy dialogue and a wonderful romance. ![]() But now that she's decided to find a prospective husband with a bit more polish, could Lachlan finally appreciate her charms? And is it remotely possible to ignore the wild attraction she feels for him? "One of my very favorite authors." -Julia Quinn Three months away was more than enough to show her a world infinitely more glamorous than the untamed Scottish Highlands-and her beloved childhood crush. ![]() Brawny, rugged Lachlan is nothing like the aristocratic English gentlemen who pursued Winnie-with a passion-in London. That's just fine with him, as he never had any intention of marrying the lass anyway Yet how can he ignore the fact that the once rough and tumble Winnie has become a very fashionable-and incredibly desirable-young woman. In Mad, Bad, and Dangerous in Plaid by New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Enoch, high-spirited Rowena MacLawry has come to the Highlands after a spectacularly successful debut Season in London, and has made it painfully clear that she's outgrown her girlhood obsession with Lachlan MacTier. ![]() ![]() ![]() Another inlay style is called reverse inlay. This technique peaked in Korea in the 12th-13th-century Koryo celadons, deemed “first under heaven.” It’s also referred to as “zogan”. I engraved on the other side a Japanese landscape in the white slip surrounded with stamps decorations with the white slip inlay.Ī potter would incise the design in the body, fill it in with contrasting colored clay or slip and then cover it with a transparent glaze. These were inlaid with various motifs such as floral and animal depictions. The style itself goes back to Korea’s Koryo Period (935-1392) when bowls decorated in this way were known as “Korai-jawan” or “Korai” tea bowls. One side of the vase with a Peony flower design. Because the “rope curtain” designs resembled the lines of the calendar, works of this pattern came to be known as Mishima. This style of pottery is named after a place in Japan that has nothing to do with its production: the Mishima style (slip inlay style).Īs far back as 1636, there was a certain calendar published at the Grand Shrine of Mishima written in little squiggly “kana” (one of Japan 3 languages) lines. I checked out the Mishima technique with my new work from the Nippon Tougei Club in Tokyo. ![]() |