![]() What it really comes down to is that there’s no good reason to separate kids from the things that they’re interested in. Not everything that comes up is as inappropriate as Naruto’s “Harem Technique” or as nonsensical as Ichigo’s “Heaven Chain Slaying Moon” sword. In addition, anime can drastically broaden a child’s vocabulary. Now, you don’t want to kill their joy by firing of standardized test questions in the middle of the show, but even saying things to yourself like, “ I wonder why the character did that…” can inspire critical thinking in children. All it takes are some simple questions like, “What was the most interesting part?” to get their brains cooking up some comparisons and judgments. Engaging them in something that they love can be both fun and eye-opening. If your kids love anime, then they’ll love to share the experience with you and to talk about it. The secret is providing discussion which leads to critical thinking. And yet, Professor Higuchi insists that anime also has ways of raising a child’s reading comprehension. They are learning in a way that they love, so why not show some encouragement when they toss aside their textbooks for a well-worn comic?īut what about anime? At least with manga, Japanese kids are getting in a bit of kanji practice, yeah? Anime uses pictures to convey its story, rather than writing. Every time a child reads that story their ability to comprehend it expands just a little. The words and speech patterns make a little more sense and the meaning behind them becomes that much more clear. For a child to pick up on the deeper meaning behind the words - the foreshadowing and the nuanced humor, hidden between precise turns of phrase and balanced visual depictions - it takes at least two or three reads for the full breadth of the story to unfold.Įvery time a child rereads their manga of choice, there is something new that they discover. This refers to more than just basic comprehension of the plot, which can generally be achieved after one quick read-through. According to Professor Higuchi, reading and rereading the same manga many times over is the best way for children to naturally develop their language skills. ![]() ![]() However, according to one of the professors at Tama University, Yuichi Higuchi, in his short essay “Are you a Bad Parent?” keeping kids away from their anime and comics is a terrible thing to do! Some may even go so far as to throw out their child’s comic magazines as they begin to pile up. Parents may try to insist that their children put away the comics and pick up a real book. In Japan, the same sort of issue arises with kids becoming obsessed with manga and anime. But the fact of the matter is that letting kids subject themselves to those books and animations is important to the development of reading comprehension and critical thinking skills, though the shows now seem like garbage to our fully-developed minds. I think back fondly on those days of watching Rugrats and Scooby Doo marathons and scoff at the thought of modern-age children rotting their brains with Spongebob and Annoying Orange. Children’s books and television shows these days are nothing compared to the ones that many of us had growing up.
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![]() In other words, with the free version, you have to run antimalware scans manually, but you have to pay for the premium product if you want it to protect your system proactively. Most free antiviruses only run on demand like Malwarebytes. More important than a custom scan is a real-time protection. On the other hand, this feature is not available in many similar products. Unfortunately, neither free nor premium TotalAV allows custom scans. Custom ScansĪnother important feature is the ability to scan external devices. In fact, the only antivirus with worse performance is the free Bitdefender scanner with a malware detection rate of 70%. In other words, the virus detection rate of TotalAV is about 87%, which is significantly below the industry average of 100%. When tested against 117 malware samples, TotalAV missed identifying 15 of them. So, how good is TotalAV for Mac? TotalAV found malware on Mac You never know which malware your Mac can get, so if it misses even one, you may be in trouble. In total, the antivirus crashed FOUR (!) times until all threats were eliminated.Īnd now let’s talk about the performance.Ī good antivirus should be able to detect ALL threats. Again it found remaining threats, and again I clicked the Take Action button, and again it crashed. When I tried to quarantine the malware (by clicking the Take Action button), the app crashed after quarantining two or three dozen threats.Īt first, I thought it was just an accidental glitch and restarted the scan again (TotalAV does not store previous scan results). The scan took around 10 minutes, and it found some malware (not everything, more on this below). TotalAV is definitely faster, but here’s the problem. Both ran more than 24 hours on the same MacBook Pro. For instance, two of the slowest full scan products for Mac are ESET and McAfee. ![]() Since I am comparing the same features across multiple products, I like to time how long they take to run as well. The System scan is used to scan the entire local disk. Usually, a quick scan only checks the limited number of folders, such as Desktop and Downloads. The program has two options in the Malware Scan section: Quick and System scans. TotalAV, however, missed 15 of them, which means the detection rate was 87%.įor comparison, the best free antivirus detects 98% of malware in a similar test. I have 117 malware samples for testing, and the best antivirus apps detect and remove all of them. Unfortunately, TotalAV for Mac did not perform well in my testing. I run scans multiple times because sometimes viruses will not be deleted in the first scan. The next thing I test is how well does the software detects and removes malware. I also didn’t notice any excessive disk activity or too much network traffic. With TotalAV, I didn’t notice any significant lags while browsing the internet or working with files. The first thing I’d like to know is how much they affect Mac’s performance because I don’t want any security app to slow down my computer. There are certain things that I test with every antivirus. It found some “issues,” which I will describe below. The MacBook Pro I used for testing has a relatively small disk, so the smart scan was completed very quickly. The time it takes to complete the smart scan depends on the size of Mac storage, the number of files, and some possible issues. It’s a combination of multiple scans: Quick malware, junk files, duplicate files, startup apps, browser logs, and cookies. Once installed, the program performs the so-called Smart Scan. I believe you can enter anything if you are not planning to upgrade TotalAV from free to premium since the app does not send activation emails. Enter email and password to create a free account.Macs have strong security rules, so virtually all antiviruses (except Bitdefender scanner) require users to enter their passwords. Follow the directions of the installer app.It is safe, but if you are not sure about safety, you can check my security tips here. Find totalav.dmg in the Downloads folder.Allow downloading if the browser asks for permission.Also, TotalAV has some useful features for Mac users, such as VPN, Ad-block, and System Tune-up. It includes features such as real-time protection, system optimization, and browser security. Total AV for Mac is an antivirus software that helps protect against malware and other online threats. It’s not the best and not the worst I’ve seen. I tested more than a dozen antivirus apps for Macs, and finally, I’ve got a chance to try TotalAV. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. ![]() Add Your Text, But Not Too MuchĪs is the case with most videos, it’s important to keep things concise, especially when it comes to text. Instead of having to tediously crop everything, Wave makes it as easy as a drag around. From there, you can move the mouse around to position your photo or video within the frame. Once you have an image or video uploaded, simply click on it and hold. This part of the process is highly important because you’ll be determining what aspects of your images and videos the audience will be able to see. Once you’ve gathered your chosen materials for the video, it’s time to frame them. With this in mind, choose your content smartly. If the video is good looking, though, it’ll outperform a dull one by leaps and bounds. If what you put in the frame is bland or not very exciting, there’s nothing to entice users to keep watching. In order to achieve this, aim to include striking images or videos that draw the eye. ![]() Make sure the video you choose is fitted for the square frame. In order to draw viewers in, you’ll want to be sure to utilize every bit of available space you can for maximum impact. When operating with a square format, you need to understand that while your video will take up more screen real estate within feeds, you’re limited to what is actually displayed within that square. Step Two: Choose Exciting Videos or Images Are you making the video only for Instagram, or are you trying to share on Snapchat and Facebook too? Choose the ones that you need and you’re good to go for the next step. To start, you’re going to want to select the square formats you’re interested in. Here’s how to make a square video in, an online video maker. Square videos are ideal for Facebook video ads and other social ads. While desktop and laptop computers are still very popular, smartphones are where it’s at when it comes to logging into your favorite social media accounts.īesides, social media is all about sharing in the moment and people around the world are more likely to share and access content, particularly video content, on their phones than they are on their computers. Read on to learn why and how to make a square video that will leave your audience in awe! What Makes Square Videos So Great? Your audience will certainly thank you for it, as well as your general view count and traffic. In order to be influential, ride the popularity wave and format your social media video posts into the now beloved square format. When autoplay rules the social landscape, requiring a few extra finger swipes from your audience can really break the experience. And that’s where square videos come into play. If you’re trying to convert or get the word out, your video must be front and center to make an impact. In a fast-paced era where everyone wants to ingest content at breakneck speeds, having to potentially unlock your screen and turn your phone to the side to properly watch a video might be too much to ask for. ![]() Gone are the instances where you encounter a stunning video online but it’s strictly showcased in the traditional widescreen, 16:9 format. Is there anything wrong with that particular ratio? No, nothing at all, actually, but it makes viewing things on the fly a bit more involved than they need to be. ![]() ![]() While most people are chasing after success, glamour, and fame, minimalism calls out to us with a smaller, quieter, calmer voice. Yet, they live a life that is attractive and inviting. They don‘t fit into the consumerist culture that is promoted by corporations and politicians. People who live simple lives are not championed by the media in the same way. Their lives are held up as the golden standard and are envied by many. They are photographed for magazines, interviewed on the radio, and recorded for television. We live in a world that idolizes celebrities. It is reliable, dependable and unfluctuating. It is the same life on Friday evening as it is on Sunday morning… as it is on Monday morning. ![]() It has learned a lifestyle that is completely transferable no matter the situation. On the other hand, a simple life is united and consistent. They are tossed and turned by the most recent advertising campaign or the demands of their employer. The lifestyle they have chosen requires them to portray a certain external image dependent upon their circumstances. They live one life around their family, one life around their co-workers, and another life around their neighbors. ![]() IT IS FREEDOM FROM DUPLICITY.Īlthough nobody intentionally chooses it, most people live in duplicity. It values the intentional endeavors that add value to life. It aims to remove the frivolous and keep the significant. We remain in constant connection with others through our cell phones, but true life-changing relationships continue to elude us.īecoming a minimalist slows down life and frees us from this modern hysteria to live faster. We rush from one activity to another-even multitasking along the way-but never seem to get anything done. We work long, passionate hours to pay the bills, but fall deeper into debt every day. We are too hurried, too rushed, and too stressed. In doing so, we find a more abundant life. ![]() It lets us see all that we already have and reminds us to be grateful. It values relationships, experiences, and soul-care. It steps off the treadmill of consumerism and dares to seek happiness elsewhere. Embracing minimalism brings freedom from the all-consuming passion to possess. They believe that more is better and have inadvertently subscribed to the idea that happiness can be purchased at a department store.īut they are wrong. Modern culture has bought into the lie that the good life is found in accumulating things-in possessing as much as possible. IT IS FREEDOM FROM THE PASSION TO POSSESS. Intentionality looks different for everybody, as no two individuals are the same, but it requires each of us to dive deeper and become more introspective about our values and passions. As a result, it forces improvements in almost all aspects of your life. It is a life that forces intentionality upon us. At its core, being a minimalist means intentionally promoting the things we most value and removing everything that distracts us from it. It is marked by clarity, purpose, and intentionality. When people ask follow-up questions that allow me to explain simple living further, I like to add: IT IS INTENTIONALITY. I am removing the distraction of excess possessions so I can focus more on those things that matter most.īut oftentimes I desire to answer more in-depth. Like I mentioned before, minimalism is intentionally living with only the things I really need-those items that support my purpose. I typically answer them with a short, simple explanation: MINIMALISM IS OWNING FEWER POSSESSIONS. I am often asked the question, “So what is minimalism anyway?” It is a question I receive from people I have just met and from people I have known for many years. “Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art.” -Richard Holloway ![]() Now head into the second eastern corridor and make your way through the corridors to the door that leads into the central area. In the vase/barrel room you’ll find a Medium Vitality Seed. Then back out and onward into the top western corridor. Now head into the first eastern corridor to get a Chocolate Puzzle from the hidden chest. Walk into the west room to unlock your teleporter. Now head down to the next floor, we’ll come back here after level 20. You’ll need to defeat her to proceed to the next floor so train if you need to. Drop by the barrel on your way for 110 mana shards. After that move back out of the corridor and then head north to the boss room. Then move all the way south to the hidden chest for another lucky statue shard. Next head for the second chest in the north for a Terrorize scroll. One of them holds a medium strength seed. Now head back out and move to the double barrel just west of you. Ignore the barrel to the east of the entry point but do head for the event room to fight a level 39 Fox Knight to unlock her CG and obtain an ice resistance seed. In that case you’ll have some more moving to do. Now head for the exit (remember you can always use the secret passage on this floor for quick transport), unless you want the 95 mana shards from the last barrel. Once taken, head north to the barrel just north of the chest you are at for a medium dexterity seed. You’re best of by heading all the way south first, and then turn west. Next, you’ll have to make your way all the way southwest to the second chest for a reviving balm. First head north to the second barrel for a new warp stone, then head on to the chest for an avalanche scroll. If you have a map image, then floor 17 is a pretty easy map. Make sure to use a variety of attacks on her because of her E-Skin ability.Īfter you defeated her add Maeve to your party (if you don’t have her already) and enter the throne room again for some knight on dragon girl action (CG Unlock). After that it’s time for the boss room in the center of the map. Finally, the last chest behind the hidden wall will contain an air resistance seed. The barrel one room south will contain 80 mana shards. Now make your way 1 room south for a medium agility seed in the center vase. ![]() Open the chest once you reach the room to retrieve the Dragon Orb, it’ll weaken the floor boss’ level from 38 to 35. Start making your way there and drop by the vase on the way for 90 mana shards. Open up the chest after the battle for a Dragon Key, which we’ll need for the northwest corner. Once received, head for the room in the northeast corner and get ready for a fairly big battle. And in the double barrel room north of that you’ll find a healing potion in one of them. Then move one room north for 1000 mana shards in the chest. Next head for the barrel in the southeast corner for a warp stone. Once on this floor, head for the teleporter in the room just east of the starting point. It holds maps and guides for floor 16 and up (or down if you prefer). ![]() This is the second part of the Sakura Dungeon walkthrough. ![]() If you took the branding of monitors from Samsung and LG, we think most would have trouble telling them apart. You can put it into portrait mode, and the content will pop thanks to the QHD resolution on the 165Hz panel. The design is similar to the larger models, but this one is only 27 inches. One only Ultrawide monitor available with a high rating of less than 30 inches from Samsung is the Odyssey G50A Gaming Monitor. ![]() Those are two of the more highly-rated UltraWide monitors from the company, and better than you’ll find from Samsung when you want a monitor under 30 inches. 40 to 50-inch LG and Samsung Ultrawide Monitors The easiest way to break down their Ultrawide collection is by size, starting with the large 49-inch monitors from LG and Samsung. The first thing to know about Samsung and LG monitors is that both companies have new monitors in a variety of sizes along with older models that are still available. Samsung Ultrawides: What’s the Difference? ![]() These monitors can provide a more immersive experience compared to the standard 16:9 ratio. This is ideal when you need to work with multiple windows side-by-side or for entertainment. You’re getting over 30% more screen space over a widescreen monitor and well over double that of a traditional PC monitor. That wasn’t good enough for some, which is where “Ultra” wide monitors come into play.Īn Ultrawide monitor has an aspect ratio of 21:9. As technology advanced and panels became thinner, the displays started to get wider. Samsung Ultrawides: Side-by-Side Comparisonįor decades, monitors stuck to the same form factor and aspect ratio. Both are leading manufacturers of these large displays and you might be surprised by how closely some models compare. Samsung UltraWides is the first thing you should consider. When shopping for a new display in this range, LG UltraWide Monitors vs. They open the door to new possibilities and aren’t nearly as expensive as panels of the past. When you have extra desktop space, there’s nothing better than an UltraWide monitor for your PC. ![]() And by a former President on whose watch race relations exploded in his country. This, when President is hosting PM & lavishing attention on the US-India relationship. ![]() ![]() "While finds 98 per cent of India's Muslims say they're free to practice their religion without hindrance, it is preposterous to see pander to the anti-India crowd, lecturing India in the same breath as China for its atrocities in Xinjiang. Panda in a tweet noted that Obama's remarks came when PM Modi is in Washington and two sides are lavishing attention to bilateral ties. Meanwhile, reacting to Obama's comments, Bharatiya Janata Party Vice President Baijayant Jay Panda slammed him and said it is preposterous to see the former US President "pander to the anti-India crowd, lecturing India in the same breath as China for its atrocities in Xinjiang". He also stoutly defended his government's record on democracy and human rights, asserting democracy is "in our spirit.and flows in our veins" and that there was no discrimination against minorities. In India, diversity is a natural way of life, today the world wants to know more and more about India," PM Modi said. He also added that it is important for the US president to say that if China is sending Ughurs to mass camps and they are being "re-educated, that's a problem and a challenge to all of us" and there is a need to pay attention to it.ĭuring the joint sitting of the US Congress, PM Modi highlighted 'India's unity in diversity.' "India is the home to all faiths in the world and we celebrate all of them. And when I was president, I would deal with figures in some cases who were allies, who, you know, if you pressed me in private, do they run their governments and their political parties in ways that I would say are ideally democratic? I’d have to say no," he said as quotes by CNN.Īlso read: From Sanjay Mehrotra to Tim Cook: Here are top American CEOs who will meet with PM Modi in USĭuring the interview, Obama also said that when he was the President he had worked with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Paris accords to deal with climate change. “The president of the United States has a lot of equities. |