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Now, if you’re the type of buyer who couldn’t care less about engine response, then you’ll be happy to know that the Trax does return a relatively good 8.76 km/L (average speed 18 km/h). ![]() You can make the Trax hold gears longer via a gearlever thumb switch shift override, but it doesn’t really up the excitement notch. As the speeds pick up though, it starts to lose steam once again. Weighing in at a portly 1,272 kilograms, it takes some coaxing to get the Trax moving, but once it does, it’s reasonably quick. With 140 horsepower, it produces the same levels of power as the rivals’ 1.8-liter mill so it’s the 200 Nm of torque that makes the difference. The powertrain, 1.4-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder (the segment’s first forced induction engine), is a willing performer, but mostly for practical everyday motoring. Thorough explanation of Islam with links to lots of helpful sites.Why do you think these religions, if they are so similar, seem to have difficulty getting along?.How is Islam integral to Afghan culture?.What are the differences between Sunni vs.Afghanistan : Artistry In The Air - Kite Flying Is Taken To New Heights Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty.Afghan History: Kite Flying, Kite Running and Kite Banning.How is this tradition important to the Afghani culture?.Carnegie Endowment's page for the Taliban.Well-cited entry on Wikipedia about the history of the Taliban.What sort of policies did they institute while they were in power?." The Outsiders" by National Geographic (also page 26 in your binder).How are they treated by the majority Pashtun culture of Afghanistan?.Student PowerPoint on Pashtuns and Pashtunwali.Here is where you will find the answers to these questions: What does it mean to be an outsider in Afghan society? Why are people excluded? What does this exclusion look like?.On what cultural values does the Pashtunwali code place most importance?.You will need to answer the following questions in your presentation: In this way, our class will always have your research to look back on in case we have a question about its importance to the story. Not only will partners research these topics, but you'll also be putting together a presentation/resource on your research topic which can be shared online. To do this, we'll be breaking into pairs to do research on some of the historical events presented in the story. This will help us better understand the context in which the actions of the story take place, giving us a richer understanding of the events of the novel. Research Activity for Students (Block 4):īefore we really begin our reading of The Kite Runner, we'll need to explore some of the background of the novel. Enjoy this playlist of videos featuring interviews of the author, presentations on the history of Afghanistan, and more about the Kite Runner.But who is this Afghani girl? Where is she now? What does she look like today? See for yourself! It is one of National Geographic's most famous images. You've probably seen this picture before.This site is loaded with images, video documentary, and a great interviews. A very interesting project sponsored by the Washington Post on the roles and history of women in Afghanistan.This is an interesting article by Afghan Magazine - " Afghan History: Kite Flying, Kite Running, and Kite Banning".Learn about the various groups in Afghanistan through this interactive map.The Hazaras make up about one-fifth of Afghanistan's population and are Shiite Muslims.The Pashtuns make up the majority and are most often Sunni Muslims.A map of the distribution of the different groups living in Afghanistan.Learn about the different ethnic groups living in Aghanistan.The CIA World Factbook is another great resource.This National Geographic site is a great place to learn more about the history, geography, and politics of Afghanistan.Take a trip through Google Earth and explore the novel with the Google Lit.Perceptions of the Middle East, Islam, and Arabs. ![]() Vocabulary words to look for as you read.Here is an indexed glossary of all the foreign terms used in the novel.This is also a good handout on some of the novel's basic history.This is an excellent site for learning about Afghanistan's history, Hosseini's background, and the setting of T he Kite Runner. ![]()
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Both of them went up by the same dollar amount ($152 billion annual rate) since the start of the rate hikes. So here on the same chart are interest income (red) and interest payments (green), for a sense of relative proportion. Then there is a smaller portion of the population that is up to their ears in debt. Many of them are renters of choice,” as they’re called, that live in higher-end houses, rented condos, and higher-end apartment buildings, and many of them have plenty of assets and no debt. Over one-third of households are renters. Roughly one-third of households own their home free and clear and have no interest payments associated with their home. That plunge started reversing in 2022 and has how shot above the multi-year trend line:īut interest income is always much higher than interest payments. We note once again with our pandemic-special forever-bedazzled grin how the pandemic-era’s mortgage forbearance, still ongoing student-loan forbearance, and the free money that people used to pay down their credit cards have created a historic plunge in interest payments. Personal interest payments also jumped by $152 billion seasonally adjusted annual rate since the Fed started hiking interest rates, and by Q1 reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $435 billion. But in terms of the overall economy, it doesn’t matter how it splits up since we’re looking at overall income, overall interest payments, overall demand, and overall inflation. So we’re talking about two different groups of people here, and those two groups overlap to some extent. And many of these people don’t have significant interest-bearing assets or else they would have paid off their most expensive debts first, such as their credit cards. ![]() There are other people who now borrow to finance a home and/or a car, and some also owe some interest-bearing amount on their credit cards, HELOCs, personal loans, etc. Many of these people also have assets that now produce interest income. Those 3% mortgages are still out there in massive numbers. People who earn interest income overlap partially with the people who make interest payments.įor example, many people financed or refinanced their home back when mortgage rates were around 3% even if they could pay cash for it. ![]() Two different groups of people, with some overlap. And you can see the increase in interest income from Q1 2017 to Q2 2019, during the Fed’s prior rate-hike cycle. You can see the stagnating interest income from Q3 2019 through Q4 2021, when the Fed repressed short-term rates to eventually 0%. Interest income earned by consumers from their assets jumped by a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $152 billion since the Fed started hiking interest rates, and by Q1 reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.81 trillion, according to data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis: Turns out, they barely have – which could be one of the reasons consumer spending has remained surprisingly strong, and why core inflation is so sticky. We want to see to what extent higher interest rates on net (interest income minus interest payments) have cut into overall consumer income. Those rates are now producing a significant increase in cash flow to those households – and many are spending this extra cash, especially retirees that have gotten bludgeoned by the Fed’s interest-rate repression over the prior 15 years.īut interest payments that consumers are making on their mortgages and consumer loans are going up. Interest income to households is surging, fueled by 5% money-market funds, 5.2% CDs and Treasury bills, 4.5% savings accounts, and other fixed-income products that people have invested many trillions of dollars in. Interest income is a big number that got a lot bigger, and people are spending some of it. ![]() Dying advances the story and strengthens the narrative. Hades has turned the demotivating aspect of failure and repeating into a pleasurable, even delightful experience. They reward you with little dialogue interactions, unfolding of each character’s lives. Home is also your literal living quarters, where your family members live and interact. And it was fun to think about… - Game Developers Conference Podcastĭying accomplishes two things in Hades: you warp back to your home base for you to upgrade your character, weapons, and test out new play styles. ”….What if there was a roguelike with narrative continuity, where every time you run into a boss, they remember, you start keeping a tally of who won this time, who won last time. Here’s Greg Kasavin, the creative director of Supergiant Games on how they deliberately built in narrative continuity around the repetitive structure of a roguelike game. How do you create a cohesive story when your main character will die repeatedly? Roguelikes are traditionally light on story given the limited gameplay structure. What is worse than progressing so far into the game only to make several wrong moves and being forced to start again? This is where Hades stands out from other roguelikes, having a strong narrative story and a cast of characters with diverse personalities. Video games at its core is a series of decisions made by players like you and me leaving them feeling great, excited, rewarded and purposeful.īut what about your main character dying? As a player, dying can be extremely demotivating. In layperson terms: it has tons of ‘replay value’. These two factors psychologically combined make for an intriguing cue-reward loop in our brains, which is what makes video games so rewarding. Which power up to choose? Should I get more life, empower my powers more, or gain more gold to pick up a more powerful upgrade later on? The game is full of micro-decisions like this and it’s the things making role-playing games engrossing as you shape your character’s build. Players are constantly challenged to decide. You always feel like you’re making progress. Plus, the game understands the need to drip rewards after every heated battle. You’ll keep wanting to test out new combinations of weapons, playstyles, Olympian power ups and modifications to see which one works better. With so many randomised elements at play, each playthrough is fresh. with four different forms and randomised encounters. ![]() The game rewards you as you progress with the ability to unlock even more forms and combinations. ![]() Olympian gods lend their aid through chamber rewards and power ups. In Hades, you have six weapons, each with their different play styles and usefulness. If a roguelike is based on continuously dying and repeating the same series of levels over and over, how do game developers keep each experience fresh?Įnter the power of randomness and permutation. Hades fulfills our brains need for novelty through randomised rewards - no run is the same You start again and do it all over again. But unlike standard games, there’s no save game during an escape attempt. You make your way through a randomised dungeon crawl, trying to escape whatever the dungeon throws at you. This is what a standard roguelike game looks like. Hades is a roguelike action roleplaying game and possibly introduced thousands to the roguelike genre. The developers Supergiant Games used the repetition of the roguelike genre to tell a narrative story Enter, family drama, unclear motives and lots of action keeping you on the edge of your seat. (I guess gods get bored too)īut Zagerus’s dad, Hades is not having it. It reads as a coming-of-age story where Zagerus yearns to escape the confines of his humdrum existence in the Underworld. Hades puts you behind the eyes of Zagerus, Prince of the Underworld. “Just one more run…” What exactly, is Hades? ![]() I rub my eyes and tell myself what I need to hear. Hades flickers into the darkness from my computer screen, tempting me to play again. Just like the name suggests, sans-serif typefaces as defined by what they lack. It was replaced in 2007 by the sans-serif Calibri. ![]() Times New Roman, the Microsoft Word original font, is a serif font. It’s no surprise, then, that you’ll see this “classic” style used for newspaper titles, for example, or for the font used in books. The addition of these small strokes and elements give serif fonts an air of tradition, history, authority, and integrity. There are three basic kinds of typeface: serif, sans-serif, and decorative.Īs the visual example above demonstrates, serif typefaces are identified by the extra marks at the end of letters. Put simply, a typeface is a family of related fonts, while fonts refer to the weights, widths, and styles that constitute a typeface. There’s some confusion surrounding the difference between typefaces and fonts, with many treating the two as synonymous.Ī typeface is a design style which comprises a myriad of characters of varying sizes and weight, whereas a font is a graphical representation of text character. To get started in typography, you first need to get to grips with the eight essential typographical design elements. It’s important that your website is visually stimulating and memorable, and typography plays a huge role in this process. Good typography could be the difference between someone staying on your website for one minute or half an hour. Typography holds the attention of the readers Typography has a profound effect on the way that users digest and perceive the information conveyed by the text.Įye-catching type is much more persuasive than weak fonts that don’t reinforce the message of the text. Unique, consistent typography will help you establish a strong user following, build trust with your users, and help to carry your brand forward. Not only will good typography enhance the website’s personality, but your users will subliminally begin to associate the typeface featured on your site with your brand. Let’s delve a little deeper into why typography is so important. Typography should guide and inform your users, optimize readability and accessibility, and ensure an excellent user experience. Good typography will establish a strong visual hierarchy, provide a graphic balance to the website, and set the product’s overall tone. Typography is so much more than just choosing beautiful fonts: it’s a vital component of user interface design. Suddenly, web designers had an abundance of fonts and type options at their disposal, making typography more visually diverse than ever before. With the birth of the internet came a creative explosion of the art of typography. The first example of typography can be seen in the Gutenberg Bible, which kick-started a typography revolution in the west.įun fact: the style of type used in the Gutenberg Bible is now known as Textura, and you’ll find it in the font dropdown menu on major desktop applications today!įast forward to 2023, where typography is mostly associated with both the digital design world and print. Before the digital age, typography was a specialized craft associated with books and magazines, and eventually public works. Typography can be dated back to the 11th century, during the innovation of movable type. To understand typography in 2023, it’s necessary to take a quick look into its development: A brief history of typography In short, typography is what brings the text to life. ![]() It involves font style, appearance, and structure, which aims to elicit certain emotions and convey specific messages. Typography is the art of arranging letters and text in a way that makes the copy legible, clear, and visually appealing to the reader. Let’s kick off with the basics: just what actually is typography?
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