Shutterfly additionally offers square books which I know a lot of MyPublisher users were hoping MyPublisher would add to their product line. Also the standard size landscape at Shutterfly is 8 x 11 (versus the unique and slightly larger size of 8.75 x 11.25). Q: Does Shutterfly offer MyPublisher’s 15 x 11.5″ Deluxe size?Ī: No, the closest size would be 14 x 11. You can also click on the image or link to go to that page if you find it hard to read below. Here’s a page I found in Shutterfly’s help center with regard to paper types and binding. MyPublisher’s hinged lay flat has a small gap. Shutterfly’s Deluxe lay flat pages do not have a gutter. Note that these charges are irrespective of the number of pages you have, it’s a flat fee versus a per page fee. (It’s a $25.00 upgrade for an 8 x 11 size and $15.00 upgrade for an 8 x 8.) Shutterfly also has a seamless lay flat which is called “Deluxe lay flat” which is considerably more. Q: Is MyPublisher’s lay flat binding available at Shutterfly?Ī: Yes, the hinged lay flat binding from MyPublisher is available at Shutterfly. Q: Is the upgraded premium 170# paper available at Shutterfly?Ī: No, Shutterfly does not have the deluxe paper option but the standard papers are the same. The glossy paper however is not available in either of Shutterfly’s layflat books. The process is different from MyPublisher’s but the overall look is the same. Q: Is super gloss paper available at Shutterfly?Ī: Shutterfly does have a glossy paper option. These are paraphrased for clarity. A lot of these questions deal with the similarities or differences between MyPublisher and Shutterfly as the company is encouraging users to give Shutterfly a try. I asked my MyPublisher contact to help address some questions, and for some, I added further details that I thought would be helfpul. The following are some questions that were sent to me as well as a few of my own. I think a software upgrade may have affected the older books. Note that I was not able to download a digital copy of my books made in 2007.It is not of sufficient resolution to print but it’s nice to have a digital copy. This PDF file is for archival purposes only.This would be the same PDF if you were to call, so no need to call, it’s on the site already. If you click on it, a PDF of your entire book will download automatically to your computer. If you hover over your book image you’ll see an option to “Download”. You can log into your account and go to “My Projects”. Please note, you do not need to call the company. MyPublisher states you can get a free digital version of your saved projects if you contact customer service before May 8.You can still reorder old projects or make new books before May 8.Shutterfly books are built using online software versus MyPublisher which utilizes downloaded software, so you’ll have to be connected to the Internet when working on Shutterfly.Therefore your existing projects will not be moved over to Shutterfly and you will have no access to your old books after May 8. Shutterfly and MyPublisher run on two completely different platforms.Some initial notes and tips about the closure: Good news is you still have time to start up a new project, finish up current ones or reorder previous books through May 8th, but other deadlines as you can see below are considerably sooner. Here’s a shot of the last one I made for her with MyPublisher for my folks’ vacation Down Under… My mom is a die-hard MyPublisher fan and she’s urging me to make her one last photo book of her recent vacation. MyPublisher was actually the first photo book company I tried about a decade ago and it’s still one of my favorites today. Some photo book features we’ve come to associate with MyPublisher have been brought over to Shutterfly, but not all. Shutterfly kept the company going pretty much business as usual these last few years, but I suppose at some point they made a business decision to discontinue MyPublisher as a separate “sister company” and close it altogether. The last event that worried some MyPublisher customers was Shutterfly’s buyout of MyPublisher about three years ago. It’s no surprise that this is big news in Photobookland – MyPublisher has been around for 23 years and they’ve built up a loyal following. Just as soon as the email hit users’ inboxes, I was getting e-mails and Facebook messages expressing disappointment as well as a flurry of questions about what’s next? Messages have continued to come in steadily as the days have passed and I realized if I wrote a post, it would be easier to point folks to this instead of responding to each person individually. Earlier this week MyPublisher sent an email to its registered users announcing the company would be closing on May 8, 2017.
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The relatively few pre-rendered backgrounds, are indeed, very well made (You are beginning to see where I’m leading with this, right?) STORY But let us, like a proper disaster assessment squad, pack up our equipment, gather our team and bravely go forward to investigate how Kickstarter’s brightest hope, forever condemned the platform’s “sure-fire” credibility for delivering “the great games, like we used to play”. Numenera (because this game should have never been named “Torment” and that sacred prefix will ideally be forever erased from the players’ collective consciousness as having anything to do with the present game) gloriously fails in delivering each and every one of the things inXile promised during its Kickstarter campaign, back in the mists of 2013, when Kickstarter’s magic high was still going strong. And you know what really sucks, it’s still way too early to sneak some brandy in my coffee without condemning glances from my neighbouring cubicles. With memories of the Nameless One’s dark Odyssey still defining my gaming id, I wished to experience this new dark chest of wonders in its full glory or not at all. I had intentionally refrained from playing the Early Access build that had become available to all backers (regardless of tier) in 2016. They know.” If we had only known, brothers. “Let them take as much time as they need. The repeated release date delays acted as a bitter but sweet balsam to the souls of the game’s good natured champions. It’s “spiritual cousin”, Pillars of Eternity, funded to a lesser sum and with far fewer expectations riding on it, had won every single award for its category and delivered a beautiful tribute to the Infinity Engine games of yore, that helped introduce hardcore role-playing concepts to a majority of today’s thirty-something players. Tides of Numenera is the most well-funded RPG to come out of Kickstarter so far (at least prior to Pillars of Eternity II’s Fig campaign) and the one game, that the majority of old school players and backers, myself included, most counted on to, if not surpass the lyrical beauty of Planescape: Torment, at least stand beside that monumental RPG as is equal.Īnd the omens seemed favourable. The Gods willing, you are reading this on the 28th of February, immediately after the wisely imposed review embargo was lifted by Techland Publishing. How Does this Fire Pit Table Set Compare?Īs I mentioned above, this deluxe set offers a good value for the price. This can be an inexpensive way to add extra protection to your patio set if you don’t use it for several months at a time. Note: Some customers use the Duck 96″ round patio furniture cover for extra protection. Furthermore, detachable cushions make it easy to keep your furniture from getting soaked in heavy rain. In addition, you can remove the cushions and bring them indoors in the off season. You won’t have to worry about mildew, fading, tearing or stains. Third, the synthetic Olefin cushions have high durability as well, and they hold their color. However, it is designed to last, even when exposed to all types of weather. Note: The “woven” resin furniture has a rich brown finish to make it appear more like real wicker. Plus, resin resists water damage and fading from the sun. Compared to real wicker material this will not splinter or warp. Second, the faux wicker body of these rocking chairs is made from heavy duty plastic resin. Therefore, it has lots of strength and withstands rust at the same time. How Durable are the Swiveling Patio Chairs?įirst of all, the frame of these chairs is constructed of powder-coated steel. Note: The package does not include a propane tank or battery for the ignition (1 AA battery is needed), which is standard.Īlso, the table does not come with lava rock for the fire bowl, but this means you get to choose whichever rock or fire glass you like! Plus, the table comes with electronic ignition, which allows you to light your fire with the push of a button. Therefore, you don’t have to see it or have an ugly looking hose extending from the table. It really holds it own with minimal care.Īnd speaking of easy care, a 20-lb propane gas tank fits discreetly underneath the table. I think this patio furniture is a good deal for the money. Therefore, you won’t have to replace them or buy new cushions after a few years. In addition, the chairs have super durable frame and cushions (read more below). Ha! I could use a set of these chair inside too! Plus, they have all-weather wicker construction and ultra-durable Sunbrella fabric cushions.įor example, they have deep seats, they rock and swivel AND they include thick, comfortable cushions. The set features the same comfortable, cozy feel – perfect for outdoor entertaining. Note: If the fire table set is out of stock, check out the new Agio Heritage Fire Pit Chat Set with 4 swivel glider chairs. Just bring the entire bottle of wine to the table. In other words, you won’t want to stand up after you sit down in them. I love this premium set because you get ultra-comfortable chairs. Included with your half-moon table is a canvas cover that will prolong its lifespan, along with a 10 ft hose for easy connection to your fuel source, 26 lbs of lava rocks, and a repair kit should it be needed.Do you want to create a comfy outdoor living room to relax and entertain guests? With this cozy fire pit table and chairs set (that swivel!), you may end up spending every night on your patio… Be sure to consider the Lunar fire table, which resembles a half-moon, to enhance your backyard space! Constructed with glass fiber reinforced concrete, this table will battle through the elements whether it may be through harsh winters or stormy nights.
We cannot expect new stable states that will endure for our own lifetimes. The loss of the stable state means that our society and all of its institutions are in continuous processes of transformation. He provided a theoretical framework linking the experience of living in a situation of an increasing change with the need for learning. Perhaps the defining contribution here was made by Donald Schon. The emergence of the idea of the ‘learning organization’ is wrapped up with notions such as ‘ the learning society’. The learning society and the knowledge economy We finish with a brief exploration of the contribution of social capital to the functioning of organizations. On this page we examine the path-breaking work of Donald Schon on firms as learning systems and then go on to explore Peter Senge’s deeply influential treatment of the learning organization (and it’s focus on systemic thinking and dialogue). We could argue that organizational learning is the ‘ activity and the process by which organizations eventually reach th ideal of a learning organization’ (Finger and Brand 1999: 136). (Easterby-Smith and Araujo 1999: 2 see also Tsang 1997). The literature on organizational learning has concentrated on the detached collection and analysis of the processes involved in individual and collective learning inside organizations whereas the learning organizations literature has an action orientation, and is geared toward using specific diagnostic and evaluative methodological tools which can help to identify, promote and evaluate the quality of learning processes inside organizations. Moreover, since the central concerns have been somewhat different, the two literatures have developed along divergent tracks. Here there is a distinct contrast with the study of organizational learning.Īlthough theorists of learning organizations have often drawn on ideas from organizational learning, there has been little traffic in the reverse direction. Second, the focus on creating a template and upon the need to present it in a form that is commercially attractive to the consultants and writers has led to a significant under-powering of the theoretical framework for the learning organization. This might be because the vision is ‘too ideal’ or because it isn’t relevant to the requirements and dynamics of organizations. First, while there has been a lot of talk about learning organizations it is very difficult to identify real-life examples. It is characterized by a recognition that ‘individual and collective learning are key’ ( op. In this sense the learning organization is an ideal, ‘towards which organizations have to evolve in order to be able to respond to the various pressures (Finger and Brand 1999: 136). Writers have sought to identify templates, or ideal forms, ‘which real organizations could attempt to emulate’ (Easterby-Smith and Araujo 1999: 2). Many consultants and organizations have recognized the commercial significance of organizational learning – and the notion of the ‘learning organization’ has been a central orienting point in this. peter senge and the learning organization.systems theory and the learning organization Īssociated pages: donald schön and the learning society.the learning society and the knowledge economy.Is it anything more than rhetoric? Can it be realized? We explore some of the themes that have emerged in the literature and the contributions of key thinkers like Donald Schon and Peter Senge. Just what constitutes a ‘learning organization is a matter of some debate. DJ Hero features more than 100 individual songs that have been transformed into more than 80 exclusive, original mixes by superstar DJs including DJ Shadow, DJ Z-Trip, DJ AM, and the legendary Grandmaster Flash. ĭJ Hero drops the needle with a completely fresh experience and legendary artists including Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent, Justice, Marvin Gaye, Beck, Beastie Boys and N.E.R.D. Blast airborne enemies and battle sky pirates with your powerful Gunstaff - a brand-new weapon that can transform into other new weapons. With cheeky Daxter and our serious Hero Jak together on the adventure, fun and laughter is never far away. Beginning on foot, you'll run and jump across undiscovered lands, before taking flight in one of five different aircrafts. As the environment of their planet slowly dies, our two worldly heroes embark on a mission to protect their world from the threat of "dark eco". Picking up from where the original Jak and Daxter trilogy left off, Jak and furry friend Daxter team up with their friend Kiera on her quest to become a Sage and save their world from the threat of darkness. Take this incredible adventure with you anywhere on your PSP, or play it at home with PlayStation 2. Prepare for non-stop action and adventure as the duo travel across mysterious lands and take to the sky on a mission to save their planet from destruction. Get set for the latest addition to the smash-hit Jak and Daxter series, Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Hero Jak and his mischievous sidekick Daxter are back together and for the first time-ever they've joined forces on PSP. The psyche profile will adapt Harry’s actions as and when he meets normal-looking people or the game's many inhuman denizens. Small visual elements will also be altered slightly, adding to the oppressing atmosphere where nothing is what it seems. Also new to Shattered Memories is a psyche profile element, which monitors every aspect of player’s reactions - from where they explore first, items that have been examined, and their reaction to those they meet. A broken man, Mason’s investigations lead him to the mist-shrouded, snowy streets of Silent Hill: a malevolent town where the shadows play host to a wealth of evil, misshapen creatures. The title follows Harry Mason, as he attempts to unravel the mystery of his missing daughter, Cheryl. Characters can be approached but offer different responses and be found in different places, while new clues and gameplay paths can be followed. While the game shares its twisting plot with the original PlayStation game, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories takes a different path in many, many ways. I found Darksiders III‘s puzzles enjoyably easygoing to be honest challenging enough to sometimes make you scratch your head for a minute or two, but never enough to make you rush to Google for some guidance. Though while the difficulty of the combat will have some players dashing to the options menu to give them a little more room for error, solving the conundrums placed before you won’t have you turning the air blue. While combat is at the forefront of Darksiders III, exploration and puzzles also play their part in keeping you glued to your seat. It’s a 3D Metroidvania, and a good one at that. Darksiders III is a game full of tunnels hidden in plain sight and curious areas that will pique your interest on the first time around, but you won’t have the means to access them just them. While some players may simply head straight through the story as fast as they can, others, like me, will enjoy revisiting areas they’ve already been to, recovering items useful to powering up your character and rescuing stranded humans. It’s the drip feed of new weapons and abilities, combined with a wonderful selection of environments and enemies, that keeps Darksiders III pretty captivating from beginning to end, though. Your experience might not be exactly the same as someone else’s. It’s worth noting that there’s a little leeway in how you tackle some of them, too. And along the way, a mysterious benefactor will provide you the tools you need to reach those who are more elusive. Tasked with finding and taking down the Seven Deadly Sins who have mysteriously been released upon the world, you’ll doggedly search every nook and cranny to unveil and gain access to their inner sanctums. You even need to find pieces of metal of various sizes to upgrade the weapons you acquire on your adventure.Īlso like Dark Souls, Darksiders III‘s bosses are one of the reasons you’ll continue ploughing through it with a smile on your face. Its developer, Gunfire Games, has taken clear inspiration from Dark Souls, delivering an interconnected world where combat is more brutal, and the act of levelling yourself up relies on you collecting souls which are dropped if you die. Stripped of loot and Zelda-like dungeons, Darksiders III is a more straightforward action-adventure experience than its predecessors. One has finally landed, which means I’ve sat down and enjoyed the last five or so hours of the game. Unable to dispatch one of the game’s Sins and continue the game, I’ve been in Darksiders III limbo for over a week, waiting for a patch that would alleviate my predicament. On average, we would say somewhere around 15-hours-plus, which is similar to the first Darksiders.Īre you excited about Darksider 3? Did you play the first two games in the franchise? Let us know more your thoughts in comments section below.I was having a brilliant time with Darksiders III on Xbox One X, but then disaster struck: I encountered a game-breaking bug. Playtime is always a tricky question as it depends on numerous factors. The game length that he mentioned is an average sum and can be achieved on normal difficulty. Reinhard Pollice, Business & Product Development Director at THQ Nordic, in an interview with Wccftech hinted at game length of Darksiders 3. However, Darksiders II Deathinitive edition will get the patch soon.ĭarksiders 3 is currently developed by Gunfire Games and published by THQ Nordic. The third part in the installment took longer than expected, mainly due to bankruptcy events that happened couple of years ago with THQ Nordic. The enhanced version update of Darksiders Warmastered edition is available as of today. This is only available on Microsoft Xbox One X console, while the PlayStation 4 Pro runs both games at 1620p (2880×1660). Players will be able to play the game at native 4K resolution with 60 frames per second. Get you ultimate Darksiders experience now, here on Xbox One.Īlso, Darksiders Warmastered edition and Darksiders II Deathinitive edition will soon get Xbox One X enhancement. The DLCs will be available once they release officially.Īdditionally, Darksiders 3: Blades and Whip edition will get you access to Darksiders Warmastered edition and Darksiders II Deathinitive Edition. The edition contains pre-order bonus armor skin along with 2 paid downloadable contents. The game is currently running in pre-order promotion with 10% discount. Red Dead Redemption 2 Legendary Animals Locations Guide – Legendary Pelts, Where to Find Themĭarksiders 3: Blades and Whip Edition is currently available for $90 on Microsoft Store.Red Dead Redemption 2 Satchel Crafting Guide.If you are one who has not played any game in series but want to buy one, then buy Darksiders 3: Blades and Whip Edition and get the whole franchise in single purchase. The game is direct sequel to first two games and story continues in the third installment. Darksiders 3 is set to release Novemon PlayStation 4, Xbox One X and PC Steam platform. * By setting Spam Protection to "Off", ALL emails to go straight into your Inbox. Click on the gear icon at the top-right of the screen.If you'd like, you can adjust your spam filtering settings: You should be getting a daily Spam folder report automatically emailed to you if there are items sitting in your Spam folder. 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My dad’s newspaper column, about wonderful people and thingsĮxplore the etymology and symbolism of the constellations One of the best lingustic minds out there blogging.Ī blog about the arts, books, flora and fauna, vittles, and whatever comes to mind. Terms and conditions: by reading this blog you accept that all opinions expressed herein will henceforth be your opinions. Permanently angry about the abuse of English, maths and logic. Patrick Neylan, Eeditor of business reports. Michael Quinion’s site based on his book Ologies and Isms. Affixes: the building blocks of English.What this is: 1 photo + 1 word x 366 days. Thanks to Margaret Gibbs for suggesting scuttlebutt. That verb scuttle, by the way, is unrelated to the one in scuttlebutt it comes from scuddle, which is the frequentative of scud, which comes from somewhere, not sure, we just heard it from someone… Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. I should have been a pair of ragged claws Alfred Prufrock” that first comes to my mind for scuttle: And when the ship has sunk it may meet more scuttling, as in the kind in the quote from Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. And we know what people do at water coolers, office kitchens, school staffrooms, and similar places: they gossip, they swap the low-down, be it over bottles of beer, cups of coffee, or the taking of a toast and tea.īut however genteel the exchanges may be (After the cups, the marmalade, the tea, Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me), even now the word has a certain down-and-dirty tone to it, which can only be abetted by the butt and, for that matter, not just the cut but the scuttle, which at its nicest is dirty ( coal scuttle) and can make one think of a skittering motion or, well, the act of sinking a ship. So anyway, a scuttlebutt was a cask of drinking water which had had a hole made in it – it was the ship’s version of a water cooler. Oh, and where did that first noun come from? Again, I can’t tell you – someone heard it from somewhere, know what I mean? And scuttle? Well, it started as a noun in the Romance languages, for instance Spanish escotilla “hatchway”, and became a word for a hole smaller than a hatchway, and from this we got the verb “make a hole ”, which can be extended to a wooden vessel such as a cask. Actually, you want them to scuttle a butt – but a butt of water.īutt, I should say, in this case means “cask” it comes from a Late Latin word ( butta, buttis) which comes from we’re not sure where, but someone heard it somewhere. Nor is it because if you’re the captain you need to be on watch so your men don’t scuttle your butt. It’s a nautical word, too, and not just because those tt pairs look like masts ready to have sails unfurled. But while scuttlebutt means gossip, it’s not just any gossip it’s the dirty low-down, the backstory, what you hear not from the captain but from the guys who swab the decks. Maybe it sounds like it should be the crabby tongues of fishwives – crabs scuttling across the deck of the dimmer day. This word rattles across the tongue like so much prattle, the skittering tattletales of a flibbertigibbet. She sets out for the Jewel of Morro Bay with Marlin and Nemo following to keep her out of trouble. She remembers her family and realizes that they're still out in the ocean, somewhere, with no idea where she is. Nemo repeats what she had said and she has a flood of memories. When Marlin arrives, Dory is still excited about the memory although she can't remember what it was. Ray finds her lying in the sand and she murmurs "Jewel of Morro Bay, California." When she wakes up, she realizes that she had a memory, something that never happened before. Dory remembers being pulled away from her parents and then everything going black. The swaying grass entrances Dory who remembers two fish saying "Watch out, kelpcake," and "You have to stay away from the undertow." She swims near the rays and gets sucked into the undertow. A school of rays swims by causing the grass to sway in their wake. Again, the word makes Dory remember something but she soon gets lost in thought. Ray takes the class to the edge of the reef and reminds them to be careful of the undertow. The word "home" triggers a flash of a memory in her mind but she quickly loses it. He talks to the class about migration and tells them that it's about going home. Dory volunteers to go along as an assistant and Mr. Ray (voice of Bob Peterson), who is leading the class on a field trip. After Dory and Marlin rescued his son, Nemo (voice of Hayden Rolence), she stays with them at the Great Barrier Reef. She sees a boat cruise by over her head, and a clownfish named Marlin (voice of Albert Brooks) smacks into her. Years later, Dory (voice of Ellen DeGeneres) is still lost and unable to remember her family. "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming," she sang to herself, and then fell asleep. And we know you'll never forget us." Weeks later, Dory was swimming in the ocean alone, asking other fish for help, but since she couldn't remember anything, nobody could help her. "Would you ever forget me?" Jenny says, "We will never forget you, Dory. Seeing the look on her parents' faces, she says "Did I forget again?" Jenny tells her not to worry, and she asks what will happen if she forgets her parents. "Hi, I'm Dory, and I have short-term remembory loss." They start a game of hide-and-seek with her, but as soon as she starts counting, she forgets about the game. A five-year-old blue tang is practicing introducing herself with her parents, Charlie (voice of Eugene Levy) and Jenny (voice of Diane Keaton).The synopsis below may give away important plot points. |
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