![]() ![]() It is the belief of Old Babylonian scholars, such as Ettore Carruccio, that Old Babylonians "seem to have used the abacus for the operations of addition and subtraction however, this primitive device proved difficult to use for more complex calculations". Some scholars point to a character in Babylonian cuneiform that may have been derived from a representation of the abacus. It held a table of successive columns which delimited the successive orders of magnitude of their sexagesimal (base 60) number system. The Sumerian abacus appeared between 27 BC. The user of an abacus is called an abacist. ![]() īoth abacuses and abaci are used as plurals. Greek ἄβαξ probably borrowed from a Northwest Semitic language like Phoenician, evidenced by a cognate with the Hebrew word ʾābāq ( אבק), or "dust" (in the post-Biblical sense "sand used as a writing surface"). While the table strewn with dust definition is popular, some argue evidence is insufficient for that conclusion. Alternatively, without reference to ancient texts on etymology, it has been suggested that it means "a square tablet strewn with dust", or "drawing-board covered with dust (for the use of mathematics)" (the exact shape of the Latin perhaps reflects the genitive form of the Greek word, ἄβακoς ( abakos)). The Latin word is derived from ancient Greek ἄβαξ ( abax) which means something without a base, and colloquially, any piece of rectangular material. The word abacus dates to at least AD 1387 when a Middle English work borrowed the word from Latin that described a sandboard abacus. Others may use an abacus due to visual impairment that prevents the use of a calculator. The abacus remains in common use as a scoring system in non- electronic table games. Merchants, traders, and clerks in some parts of Eastern Europe, Russia, China, and Africa use abacuses. Some of these methods work with non- natural numbers (numbers such as 1.5 and 3⁄ 4).Īlthough calculators and computers are commonly used today instead of abacuses, abacuses remain in everyday use in some countries. Any particular abacus design supports multiple methods to perform calculations, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and square and cube roots. The abacus is still used to teach the fundamentals of mathematics to children in most countries.ĭesigns such as the Japanese soroban have been used for practical calculations of up to multi-digit numbers. In the ancient world, particularly before the introduction of positional notation, abacuses were a practical calculating tool. Abacuses are still made, often as a bamboo frame with beads sliding on wires. Later the beads were made to slide on rods and built into a frame, allowing faster manipulation. In their earliest designs, the rows of beads could be loose on a flat surface or sliding in grooves. ![]() One of the two numbers is set up, and the beads are manipulated to perform an operation such as addition, or even a square or cubic root. It consists of rows of movable beads, or similar objects, strung on a wire. The exact origin of the abacus has not yet emerged. It was used in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, millennia before the adoption of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system. The abacus ( plural abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool which has been used since ancient times. There was keen competition between the two from the introduction of the Algebra into Europe in the 12th century until its triumph in the 16th. The woodcut shows Arithmetica instructing an algorist and an abacist (inaccurately represented as Boethius and Pythagoras). For the medieval book, see Liber Abaci.Ĭhinese abacus Calculating-Table by Gregor Reisch: Margarita Philosophica, 1503. ![]()
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![]() You can delete "List" type and "Share" type of file from here. You can open and edit your "List" type and "Share" type of file from here.įor delete: Choose a file to delete. Choose either "Open File.", "Delete Saved File."įor open: Choose a file to open. List and Share Types: How to Open/Delete File?Ĭlick the File button. **There are only two tools: Picker Wheel and Image Picker Wheel can save "Share" file. Share Type - How to Save?Īfter created your share link, you can click the option to "Save Link to File".Ĭhoose a file to save then name the file. **There are only three tools: Picker Wheel, Team Picker Wheel and Image Picker Wheel can save "List" file. You may tick "Include current settings" to include your current tool settings e.g. It will save your data with their latest statuses. ![]() Enter choices or names, spin the wheel to decide a random result. You may also replace the same type of old file. Picker Wheel is a wheel spinner for a random picker. Choose "Save List to File.".Ĭhoose a file to save then assign it with a name. Share type - this is the public data that everyone can open with the share link but only you have the edit permission. List type - this is the private data that only you can open and edit. There are two types of data you can save into the files which are "List" type and "Share" type. Feeling peace of mind without worrying the data loss.(Free Users - 15 Files available, Premium Users - Unlimited) *please take note the data might be lost if you clear the browser's history or when your browser's memory is overloaded.įor logged-in users, you have more benefits for the file storage. So, you can still access the same data the next time when you visit again at the same browser. Click the menu button (top right of the page) and sign up.įor non-logged-in users, by default, the inputs with the latest status will be saved automatically in your browser's storage. Making Friends, a peer interaction game to encourage speaking and listening. This is only applicable for logged-in users. File Storage - How to Save/Open/Delete File? Please continue to read on as there are still many great features behind you may use.Ĥ. ![]() Those are the basic simple steps for using the wheel spinner. There are other functions you may consider to use e.g. Picker Wheel announces the choice selected where its pointer finally is pointing at after the wheel spin.Ĭhoose one of the action modes for the choice selected. You can still change the input's value, or hide an input or delete an input.Ĭlick the Spin button from the random wheel to start spinning the wheel. All your existing inputs are also displayed and allowed for copy-paste. Use the view/import inputs tool which can directly add a list of text inputs. Insert the image input by clicking the image input button. Insert the text input one by one by clicking the + button or return key from your device. ![]() Below are the few steps for using the spinner to pick a random choice. It has many features which make decision-solving fun. Insert inputs, spin the wheel, and get the result. Picker Wheel is a fast and easy random picker in only 3 main steps. ![]() ![]() ![]() As you play, the tower's layers change color. ![]() Can you lay out all the layers just right? Anything hanging over the sides is chopped off, so your tower's surface gets smaller and smaller. Try to stack as many layers as possible in this beautiful 3D stacking game! Click at the right time to drop the next layer onto the tower. Tower Stack at is a free game with no payment needed. Tower Stack is an HTML5 game, which means all you need is a browser on any of your devices. Do not let your tower crash or you will have to restart the level from the beginning. Stack each shape on top of each other as you try to balance the shapes to the top. Tower Stack is an online video game, you need to be connected to the internet to play it. Stack Tower - Play Stack Tower Game Online Stack Tower Game on Try to stack your tower high enough to complete each level. Or just use your finger if you are using your mobile phone or tablet. Can you stack the spooky objects in time? To control Tower Stack game, use your mouse if you are playing it on your desktop. The theme is cool and the gameplay and sounds are brilliant. This game is great fun and will keep you entertained for hours. The blocks should be perfectly stacked, and you should look at the following items to decide how best to stack them to create a stable structure. This continues as long as you manage to align the blocks, otherwise the game will be over.Īfter placing certain blocks, the speed of block arrival will increase and the gaming level will become harder for the player. If all four sides are not aligned, the extra protruding part will be separated from the block and the next subsequent block will be equal to the block cut off. You can play it on mobile devices like Apple iPhones, Google Android powered cell phones from. This game is rendered in mobile-friendly HTML5, so it offers cross-device gameplay. Keep stacking the tower as high as you can before it becomes too narrow to stack. While playing, the user has to keep in mind that the moving block is to be placed on top of the block in such a way that the four sides are perfectly aligned. Stack It is a tower building game where you must stop the blocks at the right moment to build the tower. Can you stack the shapes without it all falling apart? In this game, player have to stack horizontally moving blocks. The goal of the game is very simple - you have to constantly align the moving blocks on top of each other. Tower Stack is a fun puzzle stacking game with amazing animation. ![]() ![]() ![]() Her innovative philosophy of learning and learning modalities have taken the teaching from the classroom to the real life arena of human life which is full of adversities and hope to surmount them. Consequently, academia across the world, especially the educational curriculum needs to undergo a far-reaching transformation so that our children can effectively meet the needs of the changing times.Įntry 6 Gruwell in the entry speaks of her beliefs and trust in her students. ![]() Development of a new social order, which would not only embrace multicultural values but help forge a universal bond to transcend national and religious boundaries, has become vital for peaceful co-existence. The 21st century epitomizes increasing nature of pluralistic society and brings in its wake the huge challenges that must be met collectively. Education serves as the most effective platform to introduce changes within the social fabric of countries across the world. I believe that the most important fact that she has raised is that students ‘at risk’ is not only a misnomer but displays the inability of the system to understand the more complex nature of man. ![]() ![]() There are countless ways to get the word out using your link! In person : You can use your custom link to share your fundraiser over text message, on posters and print outs, when speaking to your community, and as part of presentations.Email : You can import your contacts to GoFundMe and use this page to send emails.You can also copy your fundraiser link here so that you have it ready to send to people. 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![]() ![]() First, their job depends on it and second, when it’s business, you want to be efficient. ![]() If we are to pick a role model for keeping track of groceries, these would be restaurant professionals. But is it long enough until you decide to go for home-made sushi or blueberry pie again? How other people do it? That extra bottle of soy sauce or bag of frozen berries – yes, they do have a long shelf life. Until you go to the store again, it’s very likely that some of the other ingredients for the recipe will go bad or best case scenario – get buried in the back of the fridge or pantry until completely forgotten. When you forget to buy something, you would not be able to cook exactly what you had planned. Both of these result in throwing food away. When you don’t have a fridge and pantry inventory, you buy either too much or not enough. ![]() Sounds great to have one, doesn’t it? But keeping on top of it challenges even the most organized of us! To buy or not to buy? By inventory, we mean a list of all perishable items, plus their expiry dates. That is unless we keep complete groceries and pantry inventory to keep track of our household consumables. But when we don’t use it in time, it ends up wasted ? It is there because we’ve bought it with a good intention to use it. Keeping tabs on everything in our cupboards, fridge, and freezer is surely something we all wish to do. Truthfully, no one can keep track of everything. But not sure if it’s tomato and chili or bolognese and definitely not sure if it has been there since last year or since 2017.Įven if you haven’t stocked for a long period, there is a good chance that your fridge and cupboards are well utilized. Rice, beans, canned goods, muesli, a jar of mixed nuts, a pasta sauce for sure. ![]()
![]() ![]() The tiles are marked "0,0", "256,256" and "512,512" respectively to show field size. These appear to be floor tiles used during testing. Menus in the game never ask you to confirm an action, so it is difficult to know exactly where this icon would have been used. ![]() The correct palette for this graphic is unknown, but it could have used the same palette as the final "New" icon.Ī quick mock-up showing the differences in the two icons.Īn unused "OK" icon in both unfocused and focused states. This graphic would be later replaced by a even more simplistic icon, which was merely white text on a red background. Inside the ROM, there are several unused sprites which are likely placeholder graphics or were later changed.Ī simplistic icon, which was most likely used in the Journal section. The Japanese version, although being a slightly later version of the game, features the same date. MOVIE1-5: It displays CGI cut-scenes, but the codebreaker code messes with its normal behavior.Īdditionally, a build date (04/10/01) formatted with the year coming first can be found at the top.FLAG: Flag editor, containing toggles for invincibility (Muteki), max level, all abilities, all cards, and more.POOH: Warps to the One-Hundred Acre Wood, during the scene when you guide Pooh.BATTLE: Battle debug menu, allows you to fight boss battles and individual enemies, while it also allows you to toggle health.LINK: Goes to the multiplayer setup screen.EVENT: Battle and Non-CGI Cutscene Selector.It also allow you to generate a map using certain specifications. ![]() The CodeBreaker code 3203493C 0006 will enable quite an extensive debug menu in the US and JP versions, accessible following the opening cutscene. Maybe we could categorize regional differences a little better. Document this more thoroughly, see if there's any (otherwise) unused stuff in here. ![]() ![]() ![]() Speak in an accent chosen by another player for the rest of the game.ģ3. Completely shave off one of your eyebrows.ģ1. Do as many sit-ups as you can in one minute.ģ0. Describe someone else in the group and others have to guess who it is.Ģ9. Massage another player’s back for five minutes.Ģ8. Allow a random player to tickle you for 30 seconds.Ģ5. ![]() Log into Facebook and like every picture for the past year of the first person you see.Ģ3. Talk about something you regret in your life.Ģ2. You have to wear handcuffs for the rest of the game.Ģ1. You have to give your boss a full dress down for five minutes.ġ9. You have to call one of your partner’s parents and tell them how much you love your partner.ġ8. Yell out the first word that comes to your mind right now.ġ7. Spin around ten times, when you get done, try to walk in a straight line.ġ6. If they get it wrong, they have to do something special for you.ġ5. If they get it right, they get a special favor of their choosing. Spell out a secret message for your partner on their back. Say the alphabet backward in 15 seconds.ġ4. Post an embarrassing picture of yourself online.ġ3. Once you have your eyes closed, feel someone’s face and guess who they are.ġ2. Make up a story about the item to your right.ġ1. Make as many different fart sounds as you can.ġ0. Let someone write a word on your forehead in permanent marker.ĩ. Let someone do whatever they want for two minutes with your phone.Ĩ. Get within one inch of the other person, look them straight in the eye, and tell them how you feel about them for one minute. Blow on the back of the other person’s neck, alternating hot and cool for one minute. Be blindfolded and then tickled for a minute.ģ. Act like a monkey until it is your turn again.Ģ. What’s the first thing you’d do if you were ever offered a million dollars?ġ.Have you lied about watching a movie just to seem cool?.In the event of a natural calamity, you have to save one of your family members who would it be?.What’s that one thing you wouldn’t tell anyone, even with a gun to your head?.Have you ever acted sick so you won’t have to go to school?.Have you ever sneaked out of the house and gotten caught later?.Have you ever broken a vase and then lied about it so you don’t get into trouble?.Have you ever picked your nose and wiped it clean on your grandparent’s sofa?.Have you ever picked your nose and then put the same finger in your mouth?.Is there any movie that always makes you cry If you were invisible what is something you would do?ģ5. If you were given a million dollars, what would you do with it?ģ4. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?ģ2. If you could choose a different career, what would it be and why?ģ1. 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I am willing to bet that once you start using glyphs as potent additions you will not want to stop.We have a 30-day return policy, which means you have 30 days after receiving your item to request a return. ![]() Try adding glyphs to your next spell to add an additional level of power to your working and note the difference in the results. As you can see from some of the spells on this blog, we use glyphs mixed into our magick on a regular basis to help increase the magickal properties of our spells. Some people even carry or wear them as personal talismans. They are written as symbols included with spells on parchments, drawn in the air, and carved into spell candles. These Nordic runes are used in conjunction with various types of spells every day. Some of the more popular glyphs for modern spell work are the symbols of Elder Futhark. These glyphs worked into the foreground and background of the cards act as powerful symbols to help strengthen the meaning or the efficacy of the readings. Many symbols on the more commonly used decks incorporate glyphs of Italian, Germanic, Hebraic, Nordic origins and more to foretell occult knowledge during readings. Some wiccans and witches on other paths raise a circle to create a sacred space to work out spells, yet some do not even realize that it actually is an ancient glyph in its own right.Īnother way that many modern witches commonly use glyphs is in the reading of tarot. Many wiccans have used it for decades as a barrier against evil and interruption. The most commonly used and easily understood of glyphs is the simple circle. Think back for a moment have you ever use a glyph before in your magick? It is entirely possible that you have. The addition of glyphs to other elements of spell work can increase the power of the spell in many ways. Some glyphs are shapes and symbols used for thousands of years, some of the most ancient ones date back ten thousands years well into the BCE centuries, others may be created for a specific use by the individual witch. Many modern witches have taken to using glyphs in their magickal workings. ![]() |
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