Not exact matches
Shenanigation # 1) Stocks: You will recall that I came
out in late January
of this year with the S&P 500 north
of 2,825 and told the world that «it's time for the beast to exhale» after which the S&P
dropped like a
stone to 2,352.
Despite what his film may have visually / surrealistically suggested so far,
Stone reminds us that Jim did not just
drop down onto Venice Beach
out of, say, America's Indian - haunted subconsciousness or the pages
of Zarathustra.
The beach was nice, white sand and warm water, but a couple
of things made it not quite perfect: the water is not crystal clear, it is a bit murky and as soon as you walk into the water there is a sudden
drop of around 30 cm that makes it dangerous for little children; in this area there are
stones so getting in and
out the water is a bit awkward.
Scientists used the Aesop's fable riddle — in which subjects
drop stones into water to raise the water level and obtain an
out -
of reach - reward — to assess New Caledonian crows» causal understanding
of water displacement.
Stone doesn't seem to second - guess his decision to enlist after twice
dropping out of Yale University.
Perhaps most frightening, however, are shots
of Thanos
dropping two Infinity Stones into his gauntlet — Space (blue) and Power (purple)-- and yet another
of someone using a lance to pry the yellow Mind
Stone out of Vision's head.
Here are our best portraits
of the actors, filmmakers and musicians who
dropped by to hang
out with us at Rolling
Stone Live at the Merrell TrailScape.
Riggan's also looking after his daughter (Emma
Stone), fresh
out of rehab and terribly unamused, while his ex-wife (Amy Ryan) keeps
dropping by to remind him
of all the good things he's thrown away.
The arrival
of Charlotte into the lives
of the soccer Moms is like a
stone dropped into a lake, causing ripples to spread
out and upset the unstable characters who were previously coexisting peacefully.
If possible, bring a large bowl filled with water and a small
stone and reenact the teacher's exercise from the story — each person
drops a
stone into the water while describing an act
of kindness he or she has carried
out.
Stretch
out and enjoy a steaming cup
of coffee or a
drop or two
of bubbles as you take in the views
of the rose garden,
stone birdbath (very popular with the natives!)
Creatures When
dropping Toki in a nest, birds now have a «cooldown», so they won't instantly pick you up again when walking
out of the nest Birds don't stop anymore when they sense vibration, making them less annoying when accidentically stomping near them No more random sorting
of creatures: they all appear on their assigned depth value, preventing smaller creatures from sometimes getting lost behind bigger creatures Fixed the «spawning multiple camera birds» bug Slug corpses can't kill anymore, so no more accidentally walking into them and dying Bugs When stomped, berrybugs and copybugs now always hop the same distance (3 tiles), making their behavior more predictible Berrybugs now briefly stop if they detect an edge above their heads while walking on the floor, making it easier to stomp them onto a wall Copybugs and berrybugs get stunned when they're in the trajectory
of a to be spawned bubble, so they can't hop / roll away before bubble is spawned Glowy berrybugs now use the same turn animation as normal berrybugs, so no more faster glow bugs Frogs and bubbles Bubbles now prioritize Toki Tori over other entities, so no more accidental berrybug ballooning Added a small delay before catching an entity in a bubble to allow for catching Toki Tori, even if he's a little further away than an entity Added possibility to queue a «turn by whistle» while the frog is running towards a berrybug, so you don't have to wait before being able to let the frog face the desired direction Fixed a problem where a fat frog won't belch anymore Achievements In - menu achievements system, including progress achievements Added a number
of new achievements Tokidex completion is now a progress achievement (you can see how far along you are) Fixed the Fried Chicken achievement, so it's less hard to get All electrocuted entities now count for the X-Ray Enthusiast achievement Menu Completely new, streamlined and fast to access menu system Ability to set language from menu New font Graphics Improved presentation
of telepathic Ancient Frog messages, fixed a problem where sometimes they'd spawn multiple times Fixed black flickering when buttonbashing during fades and level transitions Screenfades are now 100 % black Added button prompts to the first time you need to use whistle and stomp Areas and puzzles Added l - ife area for Ife < 3 Added an extra landing
stone in the wasteland area Added more snow globes: — RRB - Water mountain approach: berrybug in the «pro» puzzle can no longer be lost Water mountain top: frog for Ancient Frog puzzle now starts bloated, added light to make «pro» puzzle easier to execute Shaft top: Small tweak to make sure berrybug isn't killed by the slugs midway through the level Water cave: made the light shaft where you need to whistle the hermit crab a bit wider, created hole for frogs at end
of level to prevent them from falling down, made some «pro» puzzles a bit more forgiving Dark forest: lowered warp when entering dark area, so it's easier to travel up with a bubble Lava cave: improved bat puzzle Meadow: made some pro puzzles less difficult Hideout: removed alternative solution for Ancient Frog puzzle Descent: made it easier to pick up fat frog at beginning
As JB says, it's one overlong, verbose dog whistle trying its damndest to squeeze but one single
drop of blood
out of the long fizzled
out stone the septics lovingly call «climategate».