![]() ![]() The Aim | Sending Signals | China Accepts | Kissinger-Zhou Meetings | Nixon AnnouncementĬandidate Richard Nixon wrote in Foreign Affairs, "we simply cannot afford to leave China forever outside the family of nations, there to nurture its fantasies, cherish its hates, and threaten its neighbors. Another compilation (" Getting to Know You") covers preparations for the Nixon trip, the trip itself, and follow-up exchanges. ![]() The Kissinger trip was discussed in the institute's Talking Pointsnewsletter.This compilation is by Clayton Dube. Most of these documents have been declassified over the past decade ( click here for National Archives press release). These documents are part of the USC U.S.-China Institute's collection of speeches, reports, memos, and images relating to U.S.-China ties. His meetings there produced an agreement that President Nixon would visit China. Kissinger, Nixon's National Security Advisor, flew to Beijing from Pakistan. The documents summarized and linked to below detail these efforts which ultimately produced Henry Kissinger's secret trip to Beijing July 9-11, 1971. The Americans sent private signals through Paris, Warsaw, and via the leaders of Romania and Pakistan. From the first days of his presidency he sought to signal China's leaders that he was willing to talk. Nixon also saw China as a useful counterbalance to the Soviet Union. He felt this was intrinsicly important because of China's size and inevitable importance. Originally published in July 2011 and updated in February 2022.Īs a candidate and in press conferences as president, Richard Nixon argued that the United States and the world would benefit from engaging China. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This makes for some awesome combinations. There are quite a lot of Personas to find and utilize, and you can fuse multiple Personas to create new ones. While your party members have Personas that can’t be altered, your character can swap out different Personas depending on what you’ve discovered along the way. It requires that you play carefully, balancing standard physical attacks and item use with special abilities that are granted to you by your Personas. The combat of Persona 3 Portable is fast and fun, but it’s also not dumbed down. ![]() This tower, known as Tartarus, houses hundreds of Shadows small and great, and you’ll have to climb every floor as you take them out. During the Dark Hour, a massive tower spanning 264 floors will rise out of the earth. Once the clock strikes midnight, that’s when Persona 3 Portable takes on a more traditional JRPG format. But if you’re in it for the ride, you’ll dig what Persona 3 Portable has to offer here, as it’s all done quite well. If you don’t enjoy visual novels, you might find some of this stuff mundane. It can get really hectic juggling all of your academic and social activities, but it’s also really interesting, and it keeps these moments moving quite rapidly. You’ll also want to interact with different characters, as doing so will improve certain stats (via Social Links), which comes in super handy when you’re engaging in battles later on. You can even get a part-time job to earn some extra cash after school. You’ll also be able to join clubs, sports, and the student body. You are, after all, a high school student, so you have to take things like grades, extracurricular activities, and social standing into account.ĭuring these daytime moments, you’ll have to attend classes, sometimes deciding whether you want to take a nap during a lecture or answer a random question from the teacher. ![]() You’ll have to balance the two styles of play as you move further into the story. Persona 3 Portable is part visual novel, part role-playing game. As such, it’s up to you to stop these Shadows from invading your world and taking control of people’s psyches. You and your new friends, however, can battle the forces of evil, known as Shadows, during the Dark Hour. Most people can’t experience that hour - no, they’re safely tucked away in coffins, completely unaware of what’s going on around them during this hour. (That’s what the girl was doing when she was pointing the gun to her head - it’s actually a gun-shaped tool that summons Personas.) From there you meet other students who explain that dark forces appear during the Dark Hour, a 25th hour that occurs after midnight. Yeah, this isn’t your average high school.Įventually, you come across a monster that appears on campus, and you discover that you have a special power that allows you to summon a strong entity, or Persona. Within moments of stepping on campus, you witness a strange little boy that appears out of thin air and you meet a fellow student who’s holding a gun to her head. Gekkoukan High School seems normal enough at first - actually, no it doesn’t. Persona 3 Portable starts with the player character - a silent protagonist that you get to name - transferring to a new school. That said, there’s an undeniable amount of charm to Persona 3 Portable that makes it worth revisiting (or checking out for the first time) if you love a good JRPG. This is a pretty faithful re-release, so you won’t see anything new, and the graphics are pretty much intact, so a super-slick-looking HD remake this is not. Well, here we are in 2023, and Persona 3 Portable is now available on modern consoles. Originally released on PlayStation 2 back in 2006, Persona received two updated re-releases: Persona 3 Portable and Persona 3 FES. While the first two Persona games have obtained something of a cult following, it was Persona 3 that laid the groundwork for what the series would eventually become. What started out as a dungeon crawling sub-series within the Shin Megami Tensei universe has spun off into its own successful thing, gaining recognition and acclaim over the years. The Persona series has become one of the most recognized JRPG franchises around. ![]() ![]() ![]() Residents were primarily working-class until the 1950s, when the construction of I-95 uprooted those families to the suburbs and Miami's version of Mayberry. Known as a garment district in the early 1920s, it was packed with massive warehouses and factories housing shoe manufacturers and button retailers. ![]() Wynwood has changed several times since its inception, perhaps more than any other neighborhood in Miami. "Once set a pin on the neighborhood, they're gonna get it. "I've never seen so many buildings coming in at once in Wynwood, and what is crazy is that they're building super fast - in a year the thing is built," says Philippe Kalifa, owner of El Patio and Mayami Mexicantina. Club owners, though, fear their reign will be short-lived and that they'll suffer a fate like that of the galleries before them: the cranes and towering constriction of more than a dozen condos foreshadowing perhaps the next iteration of Miami's fastest-evolving 'hood: residential. In the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns, the neighborhood has mutated into a flashy nightlife destination. These days locals and tourists flock to Wynwood to eat, drink, and, more recently, to party. Colorful murals still splay across exterior walls, a popular backdrop for selfies and photos. But of the 70 galleries, collections, and museums that were once based here, only 15 remain - long since outnumbered by the bars, clubs, and restaurants. Once just an aggregation of unassuming warehouses, Wynwood was intentionally reimagined to form one of the world's grittiest and most beloved art districts. Men in button-down tops and slacks vape while chilling in line, adhering to bouncers' "no shorts for men" mandate. Women in bodycon dresses and heels gleefully skip down 24th Street, only to be brought up short by entry lines that snake around corners. Thumping party buses clog traffic as passengers drape out of the windows with bottles of Champagne. Cars are bumper to bumper on NW Second Avenue, windows rolled down, blasting the communal soundtrack of reggaeton and rap. on a Saturday night, Wywnood's already bustling. The party starts late in Miami, but a little past 10 p.m. ![]() ![]() Vijay always had a vision for where things should go. Small startup teams and low startup salaries don't translate well to big companies.īut startup experience can be incredibly rich. Like many startup hires, he was under leveled. Vijay had joined my company from a startup. Some years ago, I had a talented person on my team, Vijay. Promote the wrong people and you send the wrong message. They are a roadmap to everyone on success. A promotion is a statement by the company. Many start looking ahead to the next one.īut promotions are about more than the promotee. Promotions are interesting at big companies.Īt my company, they happen twice a year. The right people don't know what you're thinking. Some public comments on payments.ĭo you make people guess? Recruiters, industry colleagues, potential business partners. Wanted out of the call.īut it wasn't her mistake. How about Sally Stratham? Reports to Harsha. Committed to bringing Silicon Valley to banking. What about Harsha Puranik? Reports to Michael. ![]() Do you know Michael Dobson? Leads a major business line. A role that's a step back.Ī few weeks ago, a recruiter reached out to me. Envious peers.īut for some, recruiters never call with the right offer. So when that org change comes, decide for yourself. The reason Bob was there in the first place. People with whom he could share the journey. This was not what Bob needed.īob should have been my moment. Better than the person who came before him. Prove to the company that he was right for this role. What I'd tell anyone to do in a similar spot.īob was new. He never said, but I know what went wrong. He was bringing in some different leaders.īob never said what didn't work. "You're moving to another team," he said. Together with Bob's other directs, we were gelling as a team. Built on the foundation of that "good rapport". Told me we were focused on the right things. He'd interviewed me when I first applied to the company. When I first started in my company, I was riding high through my first few roles. But never underestimate the significance of the change, even if your part in it seems small. ![]() Organizational change is always interesting. ![]() ![]() ![]() Press F on your keyboard, click Add Effect and add the Fill effect you want.Tools sidebar, then click Add Effect and add the Fill effect you want. Choose Format > Effects > Fill (from the Format menu at the top of your screen) and choose the Fill effect you want.To add Fill effect the currently selected layer, do one of the following: Use the Basic Brush to add or subtract from the mask as if painting with a basic brush.The effects in the Fill category fill your selected layer using a color, gradient, pattern, or image.įill an image with color, gradient, pattern, or imageįill effects can be applied directly to a single layer or, using an effects layer, to multiple layers in a composition.Use the Quick Selection Brush to add or subtract from the mask as if using the Quick Selection tool.Use the Refine Edge Brush to add or subtract only at the edges of the mask.Invert Mask: Inverting a mask makes the opaque areas of the masked image transparent and vice versa.Smart Refine: Use a machine learning-based algorithm to intelligently detect intricate details like hair or fur at the edges of the mask and automatically refine the outline.Mask Subject: Automatically create a mask for the subject in your image.With softer edges, the masked area will blend in better with other parts of the image should you copy or edit it. Edge Softness: Adjust how much to soften the edges of the mask outline.Shape Roundness: Adjust how much to round the mask outline.Refine your mask by adjusting the options in the Tool Options pane:.Then, choose Format > Mask > Refine Mask (from the Format menu at the top of your screen). Select the layer over which you have placed a mask.In the Layers sidebar Control ⌃ – click the masked layer, and choose Refine Mask.To choose the Refine Mask tool, do one of the following:Ĭontrol ⌃ – click the layer mask, and choose Refine Mask. ![]() Once you've made edits to your mask, you can refine it using the Refine Mask tool. Tip: When working with layer masks, the keyboard shortcuts D (which resets the primary and secondary colors in Pixelmator Pro to black and white) and X (which switches between the primary and secondary colors) are especially useful. Then, you can paint with white or grey to reveal the layer. If you’d like to gradually reveal a layer from a completely hidden state, select the Color Fill tool and fill the layer mask with pure black or press Command ⌘ + I on your keyboard to invert the mask. Select the Paint tool and paint on the mask with black or white brushes to edit it. Select the masked layer and choose Format > Mask > Edit Mask (from the Format menu at the top of your screen).If the mask layer is subtracted, click the Mask button to reveal it. In the Layers sidebar select or enable the mask layer.To edit a layer mask, you'll first need to select it.Pure white is 100% transparent, pure black is 0% transparent, and shades of grey range from 1% to 99% transparency - the darkest grey is 1% transparent, 50% grey is 50% transparent, and off-white is 99% transparent. If you paint over the mask with pure black, the areas you paint over are completely hidden. The completely white parts of a mask are 100% transparent, meaning everything below the white areas is visible. When you place a layer mask over an image, it is completely white by default. ![]() ![]() Working with a specialist is important if you’re unsure which exercises are safe during late pregnancy. The Arnold press might not be a suitable exercise for heavily pregnant women either. Otherwise, there is a risk of causing further injuries.īeginners can benefit from doing the Arnold press, but it’s a good idea to build up some level of upper body and core strength before attempting a standing variation. Individuals with shoulder, neck, or back injuries should avoid the Arnold press until they have recovered adequately. The Arnold press isn’t ideal for everybody, and some people should actively avoid any variation of this exercise, at least temporarily. A good Arnold press alternative should also accomplish both goals. Takeaway: The Arnold press works all the shoulder muscles, increasing the shoulder’s mobility and strength. Any variation of this exercise, whether you’re doing a half Arnold press, kneeling single-arm Arnold press, or a traditional standing Arnold press, will primarily target these muscles. The Arnold press is a dynamic shoulder exercise that promotes mobility in the shoulder joints while targeting all three heads of the delts, the trapezius, and triceps.
![]() Now rare in some parts of their range, Elf Owls are declining due to habitat loss. ![]() This species' “chatter song” consists of a fast series of five to seven high-pitched notes that some have compared to the yipping of a small dog. The smallest owl in the world, the Elf Owl lives in the woodlands and Saguaro cactus-studded deserts of the southwestern U.S. Just be sure to keep your distance and be respectful if you're lucky enough to find one - owls can be sensitive to disturbance by curious humans. Listen for them at dawn and dusk, when their active periods briefly overlap with ours. In North America, many Indigenous cultures consider hearing the call of an owl to be a bad omen, while Harriet Tubman used her imitations of owl calls as signals on the Underground Railroad.īecause owls typically claim territories and find mates during the winter, the best time to hear them can be in January and February, but it's possible to hear owl sounds year-round. Being able to identify calls is particularly important when it comes to owls, however, because their nocturnal habits mean they can be much easier to hear than to see!Īlthough owl calls are now commonly associated with Halloween, their cultural and historical significance extends far beyond a single spooky night. Owls call for many of the same reasons other birds do - to claim and defend territories, to attract mates, and to keep in contact with each other. We've assembled a collection of different owl sounds below to help you better know these fascinating predators of the night.īefore jumping into specific owl calls, though, let's review a few basics. ![]() If you've heard owl sounds at night around your neighborhood and are wondering about the caller's identity, you're in the right place. There's more to owl sounds than just “hoo, hoo.” Each species of owl has its own unique call - sometimes more than one. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can communicate and share with family, friends, and colleagues, whether they're on Macs or PCs. Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 lets you create great-looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Familiar, intuitive tools: Familiar Office for Mac tools are available as are template galleries that give you easy, organized access to a wide range of online and custom templates and recently opened documents.Also, visual styles provide you with consistent formatting that is easy to apply. Create professional content: Publishing Layout view combines a desktop publishing environment with familiar Word features, giving you a customized workspace designed to simplify complex layouts.Improved compatibility: You can share files with confidence knowing that the documents you create using Office 2011 for Mac will look the same and work seamlessly when opened in Office for Windows. ![]() This coupled with improvements in the speed and agility of Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, makes for an impressive package. Microsoft PowerPoint latest version: Microsofts slideshow and presentation software. The suite provides new and improved tools, which make it easy to create professional looking content. Microsoft PowerPoint, free and safe download. Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 provides you with a familiar work environment, which is versatile and intuitive. Apache OpenOffice For Windows is a free, Open Source MS Office alternative with a Word-compatible word processor, a complete Excel-compatible spreadsheet. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() STS-31 was a mission to launch Hubble, and so it is with Hubble that you begin, a build that was reminiscent of the construction techniques used in the Saturn V. The finished orbiter is a substantial 21.8 inches (55.46 cm) long with a 13.6-inch (34.6 cm) wingspan, and it lends itself well to reproduction in Lego bricks at this scale the space shuttle was covered in blocky tiles, after all. Lego has made a number of space shuttle sets over the years, but none has been as detailed as this 2,354-piece set. Discovery put the Hubble space telescope into orbit, and its crew even captured the event on IMAX cameras brought along for the ride. ![]() And earlier this April, Lego released the latest set to bear NASA's famous worm logo: space shuttle Discovery, as it was for 1990's STS-31 mission. This was an important mission, reaching the highest orbit for a space shuttle to date. Two years later, Lego followed up with the Apollo 11 lunar lander, and in 2020 it was the turn of the International Space Station. Back in 2017, the Danish toymaker brought out a highly detailed Saturn V- a model ably assembled in time-lapse by Ars' Eric Berger before its release. Kathy Sullivan gave her expert view on the future of space exploration to LEGO, including: “the biggest barriers to space tourism in the next 30 years is the safety and costs elements, if we can break through these the general public really could take a trip to space in the future.The ongoing collaboration between Lego and NASA continues to delight. With 32% thinking it will involve very expensive and exclusive journeys into the atmosphereĭr. ![]()
![]() ![]() Because a mile is not a metric measurement, it is not a regular track event nor featured in the Olympics. A “sub-four” is still a notable time, but top international runners now routinely accomplish the feat. His world record in the mile did not stand long, and the record continued to be lowered with increasingly controlled climatic and surface conditions, more accurate timing devices, and improvements in training and running techniques. In 1975, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He later earned a medical degree from Oxford and became a neurologist. At the end of the year, Bannister retired from athletic competition to pursue his medical career full time and in 1955 recounted his experiences in the book The Four Minute Mile. As soon as the first part of his score was announced–“three minutes…”–the crowd erupted in pandemonium.īannister went on to win British and Empire championships in the mile run, and the European title in the 1,500-meter event in 1954. Thereafter, Bannister threw in all his reserves and broke the tape in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds. Bannister took the lead with about 350 yards to go and passed an unofficial timekeeper at the 1,500-meter mark in 3 minutes 43 seconds, thus equaling the world’s record for that distance. For the first half-mile, Brasher led the field, with Bannister close behind, and then another runner took up the lead and reached the three-quarter-mile mark in 3 minutes 0.4 seconds, with Bannister at 3 minutes 0.7 seconds. In a carefully planned race, Bannister was aided by Chris Brasher, a former Cambridge runner who acted as a pacemaker. A considerable crosswind was blowing across the track as the mile race was set to begin.Īt 6 p.m., the starting gun was fired. Conditions were far from ideal it had been windy and raining. On May 6, 1954, he came to the Iffley Road track in Oxford for the annual match between the Amateur Athletic Association and Oxford University. As he prepared himself for his first competitive race of the 1954 season, Bannister researched the mechanics of running and trained using new scientific methods he developed. ![]() In 19, he won British championships in the mile run. Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London. Roger Bannister, born in Harrow, England, in 1929, was a top mile-runner while a student at the University of Oxford and at St. Despite, or perhaps because of, the psychological mystique surrounding the four-minute barrier, several runners in the early 1950s dedicated themselves to being the first to cross into the three-minute zone. The world record for a mile was 4 minutes and 1.3 seconds, set by Gunder Hagg of Sweden in 1945. Bannister, who was running for the Amateur Athletic Association against his alma mater, Oxford University, won the mile race with a time of 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds.įor years, so many athletes had tried and failed to run a mile in less than four minutes that people made it out to be a physical impossibility. The most attractive Roger Bannister quotes that are little-known but pricelessįollowing is a list of the best Roger Bannister quotes, including various Roger Bannister inspirational quotes, and other famous sayings by Roger Bannister.In Oxford, England, 25-year-old medical student Roger Bannister cracks track and field’s most notorious barrier: the four-minute mile. Roger Bannister's story is a reminder to never give up and to keep striving for greatness, no matter how difficult the challenge may seem. ![]() His example of pushing the boundaries of what is possible can be applied to any area of life, showing that with dedication and perseverance, we can achieve our goals.He was the first person to break the four-minute mile, which was previously thought to be impossible. Roger Bannister showed that with hard work and dedication, anything is possible.Roger Bannister What can you learn from Roger Bannister (Life Lessons) The person who can drive themself further once the effort gets painful, is the one who will win. What is the most famous quote by Roger Bannister ? Bannister's feat was a major accomplishment in the world of athletics and his record still stands as a major symbol of human achievement. He ran the mile in 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds, setting a world record that stood until another athlete broke it in 1957. ![]() Roger Bannister was a British athlete who achieved a major milestone in 1954 when he became the first person to ever run a mile in less than four minutes. ![]() |
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