![]() ![]() The stakes always feel high, and you are in the moment from start to finish. Once Captain Phillips gets started, it slows down for no man. Apart from Hanks, it is really Barkhad Abdi that sells it, and even though it’s likely to be the highlight of his career, he’s so excellent, you want to see him in more roles, if only to see the full range of what he is capable of. The leader of the pirates is highly intelligent, and it ends up playing like a game of sea chess, with each side trying to be 3 steps ahead of the other. It feels as authentic as can be, almost like they went out and cast actual Somali pirates. Somali Pirates, and up until the point of this release, nobody had seen any of these pirate actors before. But you know what? It makes for damn good storytelling, and I am perfectly content with them making edits to make a more gripping tale. Now this is based on a true story, and I do understand that Hollywood is quick to sensationalize a real life story from what I hear, the real life Captain Phillips wasn’t nearly as heroic as he is portrayed here. But I really connected with Captain Phillips, and as time has gone on, this has done nothing but appreciate, and I now consider it to be one of my favorites to the point that I will stop whatever it is that I am doing if it pops up on cable.Īnd who better to lead front and center in this than Tom Hanks? I don’t consider myself to be the world’s biggest Paul Greengrass fan, and with the exception of United 93, I usually find myself wishing that he brought a steadicam to the party more than anything (the Bourne movies just give me motion sickness the majority of the time). ![]() Now I really liked this movie when it first came out, and I was honestly somewhat surprised that I did. Based on a real life story, this is about how Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) defended his cargo ship when Somali pirates were inbound with the intent of performing a hijacking. ![]()
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![]() ![]() However, there were also airbrush tools, chalk, palette knives, pastels, pencils and a few others which I’ll have to test out later. I’m won’t cover all the brushes in this article the ones I mentioned just stood out to me as the most realistic or useful. There’s also a salt brush which wasn’t really a brush at all of course, but which sprinkled “salt” on top of the color and made a nice traditional textural effect. To my (non-watercolor trained) eye at least, Corel’s watercolor strokes were pretty convincing. I liked both the broad water brush (seen below) and the flat water blender. So you know, I’m not a watercolor painter, but with Corel Painter I’m pretty sure I could become a digital watercolorist. All that is just oil and acrylic brushes so far. There were also opaque flat and opaque round oil brushes for when I didn’t want to blend, and a fine camel brush which allowed the pressure sensitivity of my Wacom Pen to control the diameter of the stroke I made. The harder I pressed on my Wacom tablet, the less of the other color it picked up, which allowed me to control the blending. Specifically, when using the smeary round or smeary flat oil brush any color you used would pick up some of the color where you started your stroke. ![]() ![]() What I did like was the amount of blending you could do with a lot of the brushes. I still didn’t end up liking that feature, but I tolerated it. It was sort of weird, but after I found the shortcut for that-alt and space at the same time-it got a little bit easier to rotate the canvas without pausing much between strokes. The only option available is to rotate the entire canvas. Some of the brushes were permanently angled or flat and there was no way to change that. What did bother me was the inability to rotate the brush. You can turn that off with a click, though, if you don’t like it.īut I didn’t mind. There are several options of different brush types, and since I started off using the thick acrylic flat brush, the paint did actually pile up a little bit over time. The first thing I noticed after briefly “painting” some color onto a new “canvas” was that the paint actually looked a little three-dimensional. There are better versions available that are just called Corel Painter-but since this version was free, I’m definitely not complaining. ![]() Keep in mind throughout that this is only Corel Painter Essentials, and it came free with my Wacom drawing tablet. I’m not going to extensively compare and contrast Painter with Photoshop in this article, but I WILL point out some of what you’ll get with Painter if you’re a traditional artist interested in going digital. Well, this week I actually took a look at Corel Painter to see if I was right. Since I had Photoshop already, I didn’t even bother installing Painter at first-I figured that anything Corel Painter could offer me I could already do in Photoshop. So…I made a similar image off camera for the blog.When I bought my Wacom Graphire a few months ago it came with Corel Painter Essentials. I was not interested in saving the image, but without it, I didn’t have anything to post on my blog. I wasn’t thinking when I finished the watercolor roses and I deleted the image without saving. I think that is an amazing price.ĭuring the recorded video I created two images, one from scratch and the other using Essentials Photo Painting features. The best part, Corel Painter Essentials 5 is on sale for $39.99 until November 28th. And I didn’t even get to the enhanced features. The list includes NEW…particle brushes, mirror and kaleidoscope painting, user interface, navigator, brush tracking utility, 2 in 1 mobile painting interface, real-time effects preview, transformation tools, native 64 bit for Mac and PC, plus more. Do go to Corel Painter Essentials 5 web site and check out all the new stuff added to this version of Essentials. I hardly touch oil brushes anymore, but Melissa made me…just kidding. I did a quick watercolor from scratch and a auto-painting with some extra brush work using oil type brushes. Melissa and I barely touched the features included with Essentials 5. It is an extremely rich program for a small price. After playing for a while, we decided to record the rest of the session and share with you.Ĭorel Painter Essentials 5 is and upgrade to Corel’s popular Painter Essentials 4. Melissa Gallo and I were having a Go To Meeting, and we started playing with the new Corel Painter Essentials 5. ![]() ![]() In the Klondike Solitaire game, you will often run into what’s called a split. When you use this feature correctly, you can win almost every game because you can try out various options. Use the Undo button: Our game has an Undo button, which you can use to undo as many moves as you like.After all, the goal is to turn over all the hidden tableau cards as quickly as possible. Prioritize tableau cards over stock cards: You may be tempted to immediately click on the stockpile, but you should not do this until you truly have no more options available on the tableau.Once you’ve moved the top card, the second card moves up to the top position and all the other cards in the stock also move up one spot, creating new options. ![]() In this game, you deal 3 cards instead of 1, and you can only use the top card. The above rules also apply to three-card Solitaire, the only difference being that not all the cards from the stock are available. You should move a King to the empty space as soon as possible this will also uncover a new card. Once you’ve completed a pile, thus creating an empty space, only a King can fill it. With each new card, you should examine whether you can use it somewhere on the tableau in order to uncover new cards. Every time you press or click on this pile, 1 new card is dealt to the waste. When no more legal moves are possible on the tableau, we turn to the stockpile. And since the first card of a foundation always has to be an Ace, we can immediately play it to the foundation. In Figure 3, we see that after moving the 8, a new card is turned over, a black Ace. The more cards have been turned over, the greater the chances of winning the game. You can also move several cards at once if these have already been stacked on top of each other.Įvery time you move a card to another pile, a hidden card will be turned over, giving you new options. In Figure 2, for example, you can move a black 7 to a red 8. On the tableau itself, you can move the face up cards from pile to pile, alternating in color and in descending order. To win a game of Solitaire, you have to move all the cards distributed across the tableau and the stock to the 4 foundations, sorted by suit and in ascending order from the Ace to the King. The rules below concern the easy and most frequently played version, dealing 1 card. When you start a new game, you can choose whether you want to deal 1 card or 3 cards. The foundation: All the cards of the foundation, waste and tableau ultimately end up here.The waste: Once all the cards of the stock have been brought into play, they end up face up in the waste pile.The stock: After the 28 cards have been dealt into piles on the tableau, the remaining 24 cards comprise the stockpile and are turned face down. ![]() Only the last card of each pile is turned face up and the rest are turned face down. The first pile always consists of 1 card, with each subsequent pile containing 1 more card than the preceding one.
![]() Some of Tartarus’ most famous inhabitants were Sisyphus, Tantalus, Ixion, and Tityos. In “The Iliad” Zeus claims that Tartarus is “as far beneath Hades as heaven is above earth” and that it “is the deepest gulf beneath the earth, the gates whereof are of iron and the threshold of bronze.” Originally the dungeon of the rebels against the divine order (the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires during the reign of Cronus, and the Titans once Zeus came to power), Tartarus eventually ended up housing the worst of perpetrators, destined here to eternally endure punishments fitting their earthly crimes. However, this all changed at some stage, and according to later writers, the Underworld was divided into at least four different regions: Tartarus And this is how sometimes the Underworld is described by ancient authors: nothing more than a joyless realm where the dead were supposed to slowly fade into nothingness or, as we learn from Plato’s Myth of Er, prepare themselves for a reincarnation back to earth. And for most of them, the Underworld couldn’t have been a particularly pleasant place: it was rather like living through the same dismal nightmare over and over again, battling for breath in a world inhabited by shadows, barren of hope, ill-lit and desolate. Initially, it seems that the Ancient Greeks believed that all souls, regardless of how exemplary or dishonorable their earthly lives might have been, ended up in the same place after death. What is the Trojan Horse? Underworld's Structure.The river of oblivion and forgetfulness, out of which the dead souls are obliged to drink so that they can forget their earthly lives in preparation for a possible reincarnation. The river of fire, possibly leading to the depths of Tartarus. The river of sorrow and pain, black and deep. ![]() Circling the Underworld seven times, Styx was the river of hatred and unbreakable oaths the gods are often depicted as taking vows by its waters. Located in southern Italy near the city of Naples, Avernus was sometimes used as a synonym for the Underworld in Roman times it is through a cave found near this lake that Aeneas descends to the Underworld in Virgil’s “Aeneid.” Riversīy all accounts, the Underworld was a chill and shadowy place, watered by the streams of five infernal rivers: Guarded by the fearsome Hydra, the Alcyonian Lake was supposedly used by Dionysus to enter the Underworld and search for his mother Semele some even say that Hades abducted Persephone in its very vicinity. The bottomless Alcyonian Lake at Lerna.Situated at the tip of the middle promontory of Peloponnese (known back then as Cape Tanaerum, and called Cape Matapan today), the cave exists to this very day it was through this cave that Heracles dragged Cerberus out of Hades and Orpheus tried to bring Eurydice back to the world of the living. A cavern near the ancient town of Tenarus.However, some other authors inform us that there were quite a few places within the known world one could use as portals to enter the kingdom of the dead: EntrancesĪccording to Homer, the Underworld was located beyond the earth-encircling river of Ocean, at the far western end of the world. ![]() ![]() Much of what we know about how the Ancient Greeks and Romans imagined the Underworld we know from Homer’s “Odyssey” and Virgil’s “Aeneid.” However, even these two visions are somewhat conflicting, so, sometimes, we have to resort to assumptions to reconstruct the Greek Underworld in its entirety. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the Tech Head stands up and says he's never seen him before in his life. Irritated by him the scientist asks what department he's from and he tells them he works in tech support. The scientist is disturbed and tells him that no CCRP employee will be having sex with the android but Ted insists they will. Ted laughs at the design and makes a remark about boning it. In the meeting, the CCRP scientist is showing plans for CCRPs new android revealing it to be in the likeness of Emma. Ted then heads to the meeting, he walks in late and slides into a seat at the back. After hitting the door multiple time Ted finally manages to get it open and finds that it had been nailed shut. He gets up and heads to his usualy Monday morning meeting, however, he finds that he's unable to open his door. Ted wakes to his phone alarm going off and realises that he must have fallen asleep in the office. As he says this he begins to get sleepy and falls asleep. Ted begins to get annoyed with how long his printer is taking stating that it's going to take 85 years. Ted agrees and heads to the CCRP office but is unable to find the reports on Paul's desk so goes into his own office to print them off himself. Paul comes up to him and asks if Ted will be able to go find his weekly reports and put them on Mr Davidson's desk for him as he forgot. Ted wakes up screaming and finds himself once again at Paul and Emma's wedding. The thing suddenly appears in front of Ted pulling him up by his jacket and warning him that he's coming to get him. Ted is terrified as the thing points at the box he holds telling him that it's the Bastards Box where he ( Tinky) keeps all his little toys like Ted. On the dance floor, he sees a figure in a baggy, matted, rotten fursuit that looks like a goat. Suddenly the wedding is gone and Ted finds himself alone in the wedding hall surrounded by piles of rotting food. The man opens the present and pulls out the Bastard's Box. ![]() Jenny pulls out a small gift and gives it to Ted. Ted and Jenny dance and then go to sit at the place of honour where they eat wedding cake together. On the dance floor, Ted finds Jenny in a wedding dress and realises somehow that the wedding has shifted to being his wedding. Ted spots Paul and encourages him to go to the dance floor much to Ted's confusion. It is at this point that the DJ asks for the married couple to come to the dance floor for their first dance. He gets a bottle of vodka and begins to wallow in self-pity at an empty table. However, Ted doesn't care and pushes his way to the front of the open bar. Hidgens seems to understand Ted's pain and begins to reminisce about his own youth, implying he had a relationship with Chad. He then tells Hidgens that in order to prevent it from happening again he became that pushy bastard. Ted laments to the man about how he's begun failing at picking up women and then begins to tell him about the only woman he's ever loved, Jenny, and how he eventually ended up losing her after she moved to Clivesdale with some 'pushy bastard'. ![]() After failing to successfully pick up Emma, Sylvia and Charlotte, Ted wallows in self-pity in the corner with Professor Hidgens. The story opens with Ted attempting to flirt with girls at the reception of Paul and Emma's wedding. Will he use this awesome ability to save his life. Ted, the horny bastard from CCRP's technical department, discovers that his office is a time-machine. ![]() ![]() This update has not added the third character, The Defect. See the patch notes for more on the rest. Oh, and watch out for this cheeky trio who finally graduated from the beta branch: Potions are still only potions but I'll certain pay them more attention now. See this Reddit post for the full list of new potions, some of which have new names since that beta patch. some are straight-up great and some require interesting decisions. You'll find potions which grant 5 strength or dexterity but only for one single turn (handy for burst damage or mega-safety), or give 4 plated armour, let you discard as many cards as you please to draw that many more, apply 3 vulnerability, get 1 turn of intangible (Wraith Form's effect), become confused (the Snecko effect) and draw cards, throw a smoke bomb to escape a (non-boss) combat. Today's update added 16 new potions, as well as sorting potions into rarity tiers. ![]() To see so very, very many of the new potions and try 'em up, do check out today's daily run its starting deck includes 15 copies of the potion-brewing Alchemize. Now you'll find potions giving ghostly intangibility, fleeting bursts of strength, discard decisions, free cards, and other effects worth considering. ![]() ![]() Before, potions were bland, not requiring much thought or planning, and largely skippable. Deck-building dungeon-crawler Slay The Spire has become even more delightful with today's early access update, which added loads more potions. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here is the link to the Brother Canvas Workspace site Design Space At the end of the video, you don’t necessarily need to actually make the project. If you have trouble, then rewind and watch the step over and over until you master it. Pause it at the end of each step and continue when you have mastered that step. Tip: When watching YouTube videos work through the project as it is going. Check them out! ( I am working on more all the time) I also have created a number of posts on how to do things, with video tutorials and step by step instructions. Applelover53 presents very easy to follow video’s and also covers a lot of the basics. Julie is a Brother representative and has a nice teaching style. Some of the great ‘makers” that I found were Julie Fei Fan Balzer and Applelover53 who are two of my favorites. There are lots of YouTube video’s to help you with your creations. See the “Add a SVG to Canvas Workspace”post. SVG files can be directly imported for use very easily.Easily add text and objects to your projects.Great if you aren’t an expert at creating your files from scratch yet. BOTH versions of Canvas Workspace (online and installed) have a huge range of projects that you can make easily.fcm format as a standard in the online version. Your projects are easily located in the ‘My Projects” tab.Online version your files can be opened on any device that you decide to use so you are not restricted to a particular workstation.It’s FREE – (only produces files that are brand specific.).I quite like working online and found the software very easy to learn however the downloaded version is more comprehensive and has some added features making it a good option to design in.Ĭheck out the “Which Canvas Workspace”post for more information to help you determine which one suits you best. You are able to choose between the online version or the downloaded version. ***********for use by Scan N Cut users ONLY***********Ĭanvas Workspace is a software program specifically developed by Brother for the Scan N Cut.Ībove is the view you will be presented with when opening Canvas Workspace online version. This post contains some affiliate links for your convenience (which means if you make a purchase after clicking a link I will earn a small commission but it won’t cost you a penny more)! Read my full disclosure policy. This was the really exciting bit for me – creating my own cutting files! The software program you can use is also dependent on which cutting machine that you have as often it is a proprietary software program. There are a few that I love and which one to use depends a little on whether you are only up to learning the basics or ready for the next step and branch out a bit more. Today I am going to talk about the various software programs that you can use to create your amazing projects! ![]() ![]() Office 365 for Mac needs Mojave, Sierra or High SierraThe ‘subscription’ Office 365 for Mac available now needs the MacOS released in the last two years. That’s version 10.12 (Sierra) or later.If your computer has 10.11 (El Capitan) or earlier, Office 365 for Mac will still work and get Microsoft’s mainstream support. But no updates, because those updates need the more recent Mac OS. Buy Word 2016 for Mac - Microsoft.What happened back in September 2018?Back in September 2018 there was a mostly hidden switch in Office 365 for Mac software. Office 365 for Mac users might well be confused about compatibility with their MacOS. Some Office 365 for Mac users might not be getting the latest and greatest features.Creating a Better Office Product for Mac Users. Since 2018 when WPS Office launched the first version of the WPS office in Apple App store, the app has come a long way from there. To use Office 2016 with Mac OS X, you must be running Mac OS X 10 10 (Yosemite) or later.And now, with so much support from people all around the world, WPS office featured Frist under the category of business in 14 countries app stores.It depends on the motival and information, you carry into the next 365. Co are again with a crack for both the the operating systems (MAC & Windows) office 2016 has an expensive license but we have provided an activator which can activate the license for free so you can enjoy fully activated office 2016 for mac os x & windows.Thanks for joining us! You'll get a welcome message in a few moments.A handy Microsoft Excel add-ins collection to free you from time-consuming operations. Works on Windows 7 or later and OS X Yosemite 10.Go here to download the free preview version of Office 2016 for Mac directly from Microsoft. A new version of MacOS is necessary to run the latest Office builds, that includes any macOS release, as OS X 10.10 Yosemite or newer is required to run Office 2016 on a Mac. ![]() The preview release will work free but eventually will require payment to. This particular CITIZEN Calculator is designed by and the average rating of this app is 4.5. CITIZEN Calculator Specification TableFor Windows, Mac OS X, and Android. By Spencer Putt, Chris Shappell, and James Montelongo. Wabbitemu creates a Texas Instruments graphing calculator right.With the most user-friendly interface, you can easily install the CITIZEN Calculator for windows by using an emulator software. You can use this app Everyday Calculation Apps not only for android devices but also for windows and iOS devices.For android or iOS versions you will be required 4.2 and up. If you are worried about the popularity of this app CITIZEN Calculator or how much usable this app is, let me tell you this app has been installed for 1,000,000+ times with an updated version of 2.Free alternative apps Basic Calculator. Age Calculator -.Use Maple Calculator to solve algebra problems, calculate the derivative or integral of a function, perform matrix manipulations, explore 2-D and 3-D graphs, and so much more This versatile app makes it incredibly easy to enter, solve, and visualize mathematical problems from algebra, precalculus, calculus, linear algebra, and differential. Calculator App Android Version OfTheir last updated date was Jand it requires the android version of 4.2 and up. Two other calculator apps with proper tape displays are TopCalculette ($25) and TapeCalc ($10). ![]() And that may be going away as the developers website is unavailable. The application lies within Productivity Tools, more precisely Calculators.Does anyone here know of another OS X calculator app that displays a paper tape like an adding machine? How is everybody adding things like a bunch of receipts? The only free/donationware program I know of on OS X that has a useable paper tape function is KoalaCalc. This free Mac application is a product of Big, Fat, Stinking Software. The default filename for the application's installer is SpineCalculator.zip. ![]() ![]() The addition of Innegra fibers strengthens the bar’s most vulnerable areas without compromising its weight, so your handlebar is ready to ride the harshest conditions. The carbon PRO Vibe handlebar series is constructed from high-performance Innegra fiber. Cutting-edge manufacturing allows us to form and manipulate high-strength 7050 aluminium tubing, varying the wall thicknesses and diameter throughout the bar. To take the aerodynamic advantage to the next level, the new Vibe stem features a low-profile top cap, narrow front profile and a unique locking mechanism with reverse bolts for a clean look and reduced air turbulence. Home / Energy Wing Pro Comp Size: C159.95 + - Add to cart Information FSA’s Energy compact handlebars push aluminium technology as far as it can go. The Vibe Aero handlebar is built with aerofoil shapes to give you a performance edge on the road. Alfa Pasca Cycling Handlebar Bicycle Road Bars. The specially-positioned cable ports enable you to feed Shimano Di2 or mechanical shift cables and hydraulic or regular brake cables through the system. Full Speed Ahead FSA Energy Wing Pro Compact Road Bicycle Handlebar Brand: Full Speed Ahead. PRO Vibe handlebars are made for the future and are therefore compatible with the new Shimano DURA-ACE R9100 Di2 junction box, which can sit at the end of either drop instead of a bar plug. That’s why we work with the best riders, designers, engineers and The Shimano Dynamics Lab to co-create the products you use. The Vibe is developed with Di2 in mind offering ultimate integration for maximum aerodynamic performance and ultra-clean styling.Īt PRO we have a simple mission: To work together with the best people in the world to make the best products in the world. ![]() The new PRO Vibe handlebar is built to meet cycling’s highest demands using state of the art technology. The shallow drop (125mm) and short reach (80mm) result in easier control-lever actuation without over-extension, allowing riders to maintain hand position resulting in easier access to the controls for better control overall, and elimination of over-exaggerated hand positioning greatly improves overall comfort.An ultra-high performance handlebar constructed with Innegra fibers to ride the most punishing conditions. The wall thickness of the aluminum tubing varies throughout they are thickest only where reinforcement is necessary and thin everywhere else for ultimate weight savings. The bar tops feature an ergonomic 34mm Ergo flat top for maximum comfort through increased surface area as well as a generous center section with plenty of room for mounting accessories. Slightly textured, sandblasted bar-ends to help keep bar tape in placeĪ company known for its cutting-edge manufacturing techniques, FSA has the ability to form and manipulate high-strength 7075 Aluminum to give the Energy Wing Pro Compact bars optimal properties and shaping. Personally, I like a flat transition from top to hoods. In fact, it was one of these design elements that drew me to it in the first place. The shallow drop (125mm) and short reach (80mm) result in easier control-lever actuation without over-extension, allowing riders to maintain hand position resulting in easier access to the controls for better control overall, and elimination of over-exaggerated hand positioning greatly improves overall comfort.įSA designed their compact bars so the rider is in a drop position allowing for better airflow, thus improving breathing.ĭouble butted, tapered, shot-peened 7050 aluminum with cable grooveġ20mm wide round center section for easy mounting of accessories Price a little high for aluminum bars This is a review for the Wing Pro Compact version, which uses FSA's own compact drop geometry to shorten reach. The wall thickness of the aluminum tubing varies throughout they are thickest only where reinforcement is necessary and thin everywhere else for ultimate weight savings. The bar tops feature an ergonomic 34mm Ergo flat top for maximum comfort through increased surface area as well as a generous center section with plenty of room for mounting accessories.
![]() Like academic updates, making connections to similar opportunities you plan to undertake as a student there can be helpful additions. Updates might cover school and non-school clubs, service commitments, or other leadership experiences you can highlight.
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