12/14/2023 0 Comments Winsor and newton ink sets![]() ![]() With a general lack of unique colors, and a fairly high price tag, there were only about 20 colors I really wanted to try. A huge portion of their catalog is repetitive, similar looking pigments for you to pick and choose from. If you have a large paint collection, or have ever gotten a general pan set with basic mixing colors, you may not find it worthwhile to buy too many individual colors from this brand. They do not carry as many granulating or rare earth browns, like Roman Szmal paints, nor do they have an extensive mineral or gemstone selection like those found in Daniel Smith. This line is overall limited in regards to unique pigments. I do not recommend their "Cadmium Free" non-toxic alternatives, which I'll elaborate upon further down the page. These professional paints offer more expensive pigment options as well as slightly toxic options like Cobalts and Cadmiums. The professional colors also have flow additives (animal based ox gall) and are not vegan like all but 3 colors in the Cotman range are. There is none of the odd textures or dullness (likely lack of pigment load / extra binders) that you may have noticed in Cotman. Unlike their popular student grade line called Cotman, these professional quality paints have a very high pigment load and vibrancy. USA buyers - Individual tubes, pans or dot card available at Blick here. The color wheel palette can be found in my shop here. Where to buy? These items were used in the video above. ![]() Organize Mixing Recipes and Techniques (Select Mounting Option) Simple Swatch Card Rubber Stamp for Watercolor, Ink, Acrylic, Marker, Pencil. Unmounted Rubber Stamp Set Domino Tiles #Tile-120ĮZ Mount Cling Cushion Mounting Foam for Unmounted Rubber StampsĬlear Acrylic Block Mount for Cling Foam Rubber Stamps (Select a Size) Laser Cut Acrylic White 25mm x 50mm Rectangle Charm One Hole (Select an Amount) White Acrylic Flat Rectangle Beads 24mm x 14mm x 5mm Open Back Thin Ring Frame 30mm x 4mm Shiny Silvertone Laser Cut Acrylic White 16mm x 30mm Rectangle Charm (Select a Style)įace Head Beads Reversible 10x12x8mm Silvertone (Select an Amount)ĥ0mm x 25mm x 2.5mm Long Heart Pendant Tray (Select a Color) Unmounted Rubber Stamp Set Miniature Domino Trees #Mntr-M10 Mini Color Wheel Palette for Watercolor Paint Color Theory Compact Travel Size Container Waterproof Jet Black Archival Ink for Stamp Watercolor Swatch Cards (Select Option Ink Pad, Refill Re-inker OR Bundle) Organize Your Mixing Recipes and Monochromatic Studies (Select Mounting Option) Universal Art Medium Complex Color Chart Organization (Select Mounting Option)Ĭolor Wheel Rubber Stamp for Watercolor Pie Chart, Ink, Acrylic, etc. Swatch Card Rubber Stamp for Watercolor, Ink, Acrylic etc. You can leave your email below to receive occasional news regarding rare or special announcements, sale promotions, new products or tutorials. Which lightfast test or review has recently been updated? Blog-style updates for the watercolor and art side of this site are on Patreon here. ![]()
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12/14/2023 0 Comments Metal gear solid duckstation![]() ![]() Disk tray opening and closing for games that require it.It is recommended to use this fork instead of the main upstream version. This is fixed by making the hack an option (in CPU settings off by default), and also adds an option for CPU overclocking. Mainline has a major issue where a hack written for WipeOut causes slowdowns in many games. The PGXP fork adds texture perspective correction, reduced polygon culling, and reduced polygon jitter (more so than mainline PCSX-Reloaded's GTE hack). It is also less accurate than Mednafen or XEBRA, which were previously recommended over it for 2D games, so the only advantage of PCSX-Reloaded now is its speed on older systems that only support OpenGL. However, increased internal resolution and PGXP are now available in DuckStation and the RetroArch fork of Mednafen. PCSX-Reloaded was once the best choice to play 3D games at higher resolutions and with other enhancements, using the configuration at Recommended PS1 Plugins. Coder linuzappz from Argentina worked on both PCSX & PCSX2 and co-founded at least the latter one with another team member named Shadow from Greece. Official development ceased on September 17, 2003, and development shifted to the new PlayStation 2 emulator, PCSX2. The initial base of the current emulator, PCSX, was first released for the PC on August 31, 2000. It has a completely reworked and modernized GTK2/Glade GUI, integrated plugins, an improved system for classic PSEmu plugins, better configuration tools, support for translation, easy installation, and support for AMD64. The old PCSX-df branch is a fork of the PCSX PlayStation emulator designed specifically for GNU/Linux (and probably other similar systems). It was based on PCSX-df 1.9, with, in its early times, support for Windows, GNU/Linux and Mac OS X (at the time) as well as many bugfixes and improvements. PCSX-Reloaded is a plugin-based PlayStation emulator created in mid-2009. ![]() 12/14/2023 0 Comments Watch mtv ema 2021![]() Voting began on October 20 and closed on November 12 through the official site of the event. MTV returns to the red carpet on the 2021 Europe Music Awards Pre-Show from Budapest, Hungary featuring celebrity interviews, can't-miss fashion moments. Taking the total account, the K-pop band “ BTS” obtained four nominations at the 2021 EMAs : “best band”, “best K-pop”, “best pop” and “best fans”. MTV EMAs 2021: See the complete list of winners By Michelle Ewing, Cox Media Group National Content Desk Novemat 10:43 pm PST NOW PLAYING ABOVE MTV EMAS 2021: Top winners. The consequence of the survey through Instagram that is still dynamic in will be discovered in the function. One of the most important sections of the awards was the biggest fan section at the 2021 EMAs, with a monster duel between famous bands BTS and BLACKPINK. On this occasion, BTS will not attend the MTV EMAs, as the group is preparing for their next performances in the United States.Īlso, Bangtan is not on the list of specialists with melodic numbers Either way, ARMY would like to see you through thank you recordings in case awards are brought home tonight, as has happened in past commemorations. Will BTS perform at the MTV EMAs?Ī question thousands of ARMY ask themselves, everyone wants to know if they will be present at the awards. The 2021 MTV EMA, as ever, promised to an affair to remember.With performances by Ed Sheeran, Maluma, Yungblud, Kim Petras, and more, and none other than Saweetie taking MC duties as host, the. Check the schedules of your satellite TV provider. On which channel can I watch the BTS awards at the MTV EMA 2021?Īccording to the coordinators of the awards, the MTV channel will communicate the MTV EMA 2021 on television for 180 nations although some districts will see it in a postponed premise. If you already have cable or satellite, check your local listings for. Hours before, the path of honors will begin, which will also be shared through the same streaming that those in charge of the awards will be doing. The nominations were revealed on October 20, Wednesday, and SB19 was the sole Filipino nominee in the category. For those looking to watch the EMAs, the ceremony will re-broadcast on MTV2 on Monday (Nov. Honors service begins at 9:00 PM (CET) and will be facilitated by Saweetie. The 2021 MTV European Music Awards (EMAs) take place in Budapest, Hungary at the Papp Lszl Budapest Sportarna on Sunday, Nov. It will be very different from the year 2020, this version will have the presence of a group of people in the room to participate in the music of Ed Sheeran and all the more live vocalists. The MTV EMA 2021 will be published starting this Sunday, November 14 and will be communicated from Budapest, in the country Hungary. BTS at the 2021 EMAs: schedules and how to see Bangtan at the MTV Europe Music Awards When is the MTV EMA 2021? ![]() 12/14/2023 0 Comments White pages nc michael jones![]() “We are surprised and shocked that something like this was taking place. It’s time that we right these wrongs."Īccording to the White House 6,500 Americans have marijuana possession convictions on their records, but not one is currently in jail on that charge alone.īen Pace, president of Armadillo Grill, sent this statement to WRAL News: "Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana. "Sending people to prison for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives and incarcerated people for conduct that many states no longer prohibit," Biden at the time. Last fall, President Biden asked for a review of that law and promised pardons to anyone convicted of the federal crime of simple marijuana possession. Gayles faces charges of possession of less than one half ounce of marijuana, possession of marijuana paraphernalia and allowing criminal conduct to occur on ABC-licensed premises. Jones faces three counts of conspiracy to sell and deliver cocaine, three counts of conspiracy to sell and deliver marijuana, three counts of delivery of marijuana, three counts of delivery of cocaine and three counts of allowing criminal conduct to occur on ABC-licensed premises. ![]() Williams faces five counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, four counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, four counts of selling marijuana, four counts of delivery of marijuana, three counts of selling cocaine, three counts of delivery of cocaine and five counts of allowing criminal conduct to occur on an ABC-licensed premises.īrittany Nicole Jones, 31, of Raleigh. "Both locations are frequented by area college students."įive people were charged after a search of those properties. ![]() "Marijuana and cocaine were purchased from employees of Botanical Lounge as well as the Armadillo Grill," the ALE announced Friday. ![]() 12/14/2023 0 Comments Reset browser settings chrome![]() ![]() Next, click Show advanced settings at the bottom of the page to display more settings. When prompted with the screen below, hit the Reset button.Īnother way to reset your browser settings it to click the Menu option button at the top right of the screen and select Settings. You will see the reset windows asking if you want to reset your browser. Si un problème est détecté, les valeurs par défaut de vos paramètres sont automatiquement rétablies. Pour votre sécurité, le navigateur vérifie si les paramètres ont été modifiés chaque fois que vous lancez Chrome. How to Reset Chrome Settings to Default 2 Steps Step 1. Resetting Google Chrome won’t lose your bookmarks, password or search history. To reset Chrome settings’ copy and paste the line below your Chrome browser and press Enter. Parfois, les programmes que vous installez peuvent modifier les paramètres de Chrome à votre insu. If your Google Chrome browser is not working well, you may try to reset Chrome settings to default to fix the problem. Confirm the process by hitting the ‘Reset’ button in the dialog box you will. Scroll down the window once again and locate the ‘Reset settings’ menu. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit ‘Show advanced settings’. It’s a great and handy feature that comes with most popular browsers. Launch Chrome and open its Settings menu by clicking on the button in the top right-hand corner of the window. So, if you begin to suspect your browser behaving differently, just hit the reset button to restore it. Other dangerous program will install browser extensions to steal your information or redirect your search results page. Some well known programs like Java and Adobe Flash Plugin will change your browser settings and search engine when installed. It will also clear your temporary internet files and cached data including cookies. When you hit the reset button in Chrome, it will reset your homepage, new tab page, search engine, disable installed extensions and unpin all tabs. Most browsers become unstable when their settings are changed or modify by external programs or plugins. There are many reasons web browsers become unstable and stop functioning. If you find out that your browser isn’t functioning as it used to, you may want to reset it and restore its settings to the original. Internet Explorer and Firefox have had this feature for a while now and Google Chrome just made it available starting with version 29. This blog post will show you the quickest way to reset your Google Chrome Browser settings and restore it to their original defaults. ![]() 12/14/2023 0 Comments Happy feet mumble push![]() Actually drowning is nigh on impossible as Mumble comes equipped with an air meter that drains over several minutes. The underwater levels, meanwhile, are even more pointless as the game's lack of camera controls mean the route is pre-programmed and Mumble just has to avoid swimming into the odd ice shelf and drowning. Sparking lights I tell you! It won't be troubling the Tony Hawk crowd any time soon. Given enough time in the air, it's possible to pull off stylish combos, with perfect landings gaining you kudos and sparkling lights. Pressing X launches him into mid air and pressing the button again initiates the stunt. If you fancy it, Mumble can even pull off some nifty tricks. ![]() Meanwhile, other hazards like spiked rocks will slow down your progress but won't do the penguin any major harm - it's evidently a game designed to keep the little 'uns happy with frustration levels non-existent. There are dangers in the form of crumbling ice, but it is impossible to get hit by these. These levels are probably the most visually impressive of the bunch and a lot of fun to play as Mumble slips and slides through stunning tunnels and ravines. These types of level are quite odd as obstacles (snow drifts) do not slow Mumble down, and collecting time bonuses and speed boosts doesn't actually require you to run into them - they are collected as long as they are within the perspective of the camera, which is a little too forgiving. The racing levels are essentially toboggan rides down slippery slopes, some levels require you to beat a fellow penguin such as Mumble's best friend Gloria and others require you to collect musical notes or just get to the end before the time runs down using speed boosts. These levels use the d-pad and its often easier to hold the controller at an angle so the buttons can be accessed with both hands but if you're proficient with the Dancing Stage-style games, then it should be a cinch. well it is hard but not impossible, and the catchy tunes make it a lot of fun. The difficulty can be selected but this only affects the rhythm action sequences and choosing hard. It sounds a little limited, but your Inner Child just might love it.Įach level's success rate is measured in terms of bronze, silver and gold medals, although it's really not too hard to score a gold in every level. The game itself is essentially divided into three different gameplay styles: rhythm action, belly racing down icy crevasses and swimming. Problem is, for emperor penguins, tap dancing is just not cool and despite adversity on all sides, little Mumble does his best to fit in and learn his Heartsong, the inner song which will attract his destined mate. A dip in the freezing Arctic waters while in his egg means he wouldn't know a note if it came up and bit him but, boy, can he tap dance. ![]() Based on this year's big pre-Christmas animated movie, Happy Feet follows the adventures of the little tone deaf penguin, Mumble. No surprise there, and no surprise that the game's not bad, but not great, either. 2006 is no different and, in order to fully cash in on the immediate success of the movie, Happy Feet is being released on a half dozen formats to best get the kiddies and girlfriends vote. Yes, it's Christmas again and time for that yearly staple: CGI movies featuring moral messages, cuddly, talking animals and - of course - spin off games. ![]() 12/14/2023 0 Comments Mindless automaton meaning![]() ![]() ![]() And anything bullet-pointed is my reply to RP’s criticisms. It might not matter if physicists are bad philosophers, but it matters if philosophers are bad philosophers! Paragraphs in quotation marks are quotations from me to which RP is responding. When philosophers adopt determinism, and free will and determinism are a decidedly philosophical topic, they have failed at the only thing they are supposed to be doing philosophy. If it is not, then at least their physics has value. This failure of logic on their part – in fact – rejection of the existence of logic as a causally efficacious meaningful thing, hopefully is not reflected in their physics. Without agency there are only “sequences of events” and no one is arguing with anyone and persuasion is an illusion. And then the “person” he is persuading, from his point of view, likewise follows its programming and is being buffeted by mechanical and physical processes from which he is metaphysically indistinguishable. According to the tenets of a determinist, he has no choice but to believe what he believes and thus is behaving identically to a mindless machine. Without agency, at best the determinist is simply a machine following its programming, as RP happily and continually asserts, with no ability to assess the value of his arguments or to change them if they are deficient. In engaging in argument on this topic at all, agency is implicitly assumed by the determinist both on the part of the person doing the (not so) rational persuading and on the part of the person who is supposed to be rationally persuaded, in direct violation of the determinist’s beliefs. Determinists are forced into their untenable and reflexively self-contradictory positions by their assumption of materialism and a belief in a mechanical universe. Since these asides add nothing to the debate and are simply ad hominem, I have removed them. RP is a polemicist and likes to pepper his arguments with snide comments directed at me personally. Send us feedback about these examples.This article is a continuation of an interaction with a blogger calling himself Robot Philosopher. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'automaton.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. ![]() 2021 The hotel's resident automaton, MOBI, greets guests, escorts them to their rooms, and even delivers small amenities from a stowage compartment in its belly, providing service with a (digital) smile. 2023 Every parent has at times felt like an automaton. Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2023 The Voyager Skeleton is by comparison, monochromatic and less theatrical-there are no automatons or chimes. Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 27 June 2023 In late 18th-century India, a large automaton depicting a near life-size wooden tiger mauling an Englishman was created for Tipu Sultan, the Muslim ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. ![]() Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 3 July 2023 Lucero, if nothing else, is a robotic outrage automaton, like many of his contemporaries. IEEE Spectrum, 29 June 2023 The 20-inch-tall model of our solar system follows a centuries-long tradition of exquisite automatons that inject awe into the daily lives of a lucky few. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023 The chess-playing automaton, dressed in a turban and elaborate Ottoman robes, toured Europe in the closing decades of the 18th century accompanied by its inventor Wolfgang von Kempelen. Recent Examples on the Web In a world of cookie-cutter pop-music stars and automatons, Sinéad O’Connor was a one-off. ![]() 12/14/2023 0 Comments Quickbooks desktop alternative![]() ![]() Outright is the solution for small business owners who are simply in over their heads. Learn more about LessAccounting in our interview with co-founder Allan Branch. On the client side, small business owners can manage their bookkeeping and invoices, set up recurring transfers and reminders, and file taxes. LessAccountingĪs the only system specifically designed for accountant/customer collaboration, LessAccounting makes it easy for a CPA to view all of their clients’ books using a single login and dashboard. Their pay-as-you-go model means that if you’re looking for a tool to remedy a specific pain point you won’t end up paying for a suite of accompanying features that you don’t need. ![]() Intacct touts itself as the solution for businesses that require more than what QuickBooks provides. While it seems like their customer service may leave something to be desired, if you can pony up the $349 monthly fee inDinero offers a compliant and optimized accounting system for any business. Y Combinator and 500 Startups-backed inDinero offers a standalone solution to bookkeeping, tax preparation, payroll and benefits management. For more information on FreshBooks, check out our FreshBooks Review here, or our interview with Chief Marketing Officer Stuart MacDonald. Its suite of features includes invoicing, expense and time tracking, report generation, and automatic summaries for tax purposes. The appeal of FreshBooks is its compatibility across all devices and platforms so your accounts will never be further than a tap away. NetSuite’s accounting features include general ledger, flexible revenue recognition, and an always-on audit trail to ensure compliance and make company-wide accounting a less daunting task. NetSuite’s online accounting software works in tandem with the other applications in its ERP software suite to provide comprehensive integration and oversight into accounting processes. Thus, with brevity in mind, here is a selection of the best alternatives to QuickBooks available in today’s marketplace. ![]() In fact, we already covered some of our favorite online accounting solutions for SMBs and have still just begun to scratch the surface. Download the 2014 Top 15 Accounting Software ReportĪs for the rest of us, the market for online accounting systems is a wide world of idiosyncratic features, integrated services, and personal preference. offline-accessible) accounting solution, the competition’s numbers are dwindling but a few steadfast companies along with some open source developers are refusing to crack under QuickBooks’ pressure, and are delivering powerful products as a result. Of course, the difficulty in answering such a question is determining who the asker is and for what purpose they are seeking another accounting system.įor those who prefer an on-premise (i.e. One of the most common questions we see on our community forum is, “What options do I have for accounting beyond QuickBooks accounting?” While Intuit has certainly come to dominate both the personal and business accounting market, there has nonetheless been a simultaneous explosion in the number of online and offline alternatives to the monolithic bully that is their flagship product. ![]() 12/14/2023 0 Comments Micro macrocosm![]() ![]() Describe a mesolevel approach to research, and provide an example of a mesolevel study.Describe a microlevel approach to research, and provide an example of a microlevel study.If you behave selfishly, so will your cells. Just as eating meat at the level of the global superorganism is individual selfishness.Īs is the microcosm, so is the macrocosm. At the level of the individual organism cancer is cellular selfishness. All the benefits of eating meat accrue to the individual, while we all pay the price.Ĭancerous cells are cells that have stopped working for the whole organism and have started working for themselves. On the level of a unified humanity, eating meat is selfish behaviour. That’s more than all the cars, trains, boats and planes combined. The transition can be embodied by a few small changes. Animal agriculture is an environmental catastrophe, accounting for 15% of all man made emissions. No one’s asking you to give away all your possessions. Viewing humanity as one family does not require you to be a saint. But an increasingly vocal minority are waking up to the understanding that unless “their own” comes to mean humanity as a whole, then there won’t be any of “ us or them” left at all. Others have broadened this circle to include members of their nation as “their own”. I fully understand that some people don’t think this way, that some people only care about “them and their own”. This is the natural trajectory of evolution, something that has been achieved again and again at all stages of life on this planet. As the Ancient Greeks imagined, we must be as cells in the great body of humanity. Then the tragedy of the commons disappears. Humanity’s only way out of the problem is to form a united global co-operative that spans the planet. We have repeatedly failed to stay within the modest targets politicians have set themselves. Make no mistake: our survival is at stake here. Thus as a competing nation the self-interested course of action is always to pollute more. And as Milinski demonstrated with his climate change game, countries aren’t going to do enough purely out of a sense of duty, even when the worst is threatened. ![]() The environmental crisis is a tragedy of the commons – all the economic benefits of burning fossil fuels accrue to individual nations, whilst the costs of global warming are shared by all. ![]() Today climate change is providing the stimulus for the cycle to repeat itself. It is driven by the logic of game theory: at all stages of evolution the potential is always there for co-operating groups to do better than competing individuals. The tendency for life to co-operate over ever increasing scales is not a fluke. Bands got together to form tribes, tribes got together to form city states, city states got together to form nations, nations got together to form trading blocs and global organisations. Roughly half a billion years further on and groups of these multicellular organisms started to form hives, shoals, and herds. Another billion years and groups of these cells got together to form multicellular life. After another 2 billion years, two of these cells combined to form more complex eukaryotic cells, such stuff as you and I are made of. As is the human body, so is the cosmic bodyĪs is the human mind, so is the cosmic mindĤ.1 billion years ago the first single celled life appeared on earth. ![]() 12/14/2023 0 Comments Rv airflow systems cost![]() Chemically inert, does not produce gas or contaminating leachates.Contains no CFC, HCFC, or HFC blowing agents or formaldehyde.If you confirm that it will work with your model, let us know so we can add it to the site Links on how to measure your RV plenum to ensure it matches our system dimension. Highly durable, temperature and water-resistant, and prevents bacteria and mold growth. Follow the instructions below to measure and confirm compatibility yourself.Constructed of 3 lb expanded polystyrene (EPS), the highest density available.Installs into the plenum, the space between the bottom of your A/C unit and cover plate.Captures 100% of the air and directs it in an optimized way into your RVs existing ductwork.Lightweight module won't increase the load on your RV.Reduction of air friction helps extend the life of your A/C components.Virtually eliminates the potential of evaporator freeze-ups.Reduces the noise of your A/C unit by about 3 dB, so you don't need to blast your TV to hear the sound.Improves efficiency, cutting down on energy costs.Increases your A/C air volume, which helps cool your RV interior faster.Compatible with WackO A/C Silencer, see DA100.Fits the following models: Dometic Brisk II Air.If this info is not provided, you will be contacted before your order is fulfilled. ![]() ![]() Important Note: You must include the year, make, and model of your RV in the comments during checkout.The RV Airflow System is a non-electrical, non-mechanical device that eliminates air friction and turbulence, allowing your roof-mounted air conditioner to operate at its designed capacity. ![]() |
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