He has worked in outdoor stadiums from Miami to San Diego and domes in Detroit, New Orleans and beyond. Toma - who is planted so deeply in the N.F.L.’s root system that he is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame - has never missed a Super Bowl. He is 94 now, but among groundskeepers he is immortal: The God of Sod, they call him, or the Sodfather, or the Nitty Gritty Dirt Man. “When I’m in heaven, I’ll be looking at your beautiful field,” said Toma, who this week is preparing the field for the Super Bowl for the 57th straight year, “or I’ll be in hell looking up what kind of root system you have.” Ken Belson and Jenny Vrentas, reporting for The New York Times: Sunday, 12 February 2023 All Hail the ‘God of Sod,’ Groundskeeper for All 57 Super Bowls ★ The Chiefs were literally perfect in the second half and needed to be to win the game. Long story short: the Chiefs spooked the Eagles with motion that convinced the Eagles to commit to busting up would-be jet sweeps, and instead threw the ball to players in now-uncovered zones. Offense? After watching this game live and again a second time,įantastic recap/breakdown of yesterday’s game. How did the Chiefs pull off a flawless second half on There’s a lot to get to with this Super Bowl, but let’s start Just three teams have done it in the second ESPN has data going back through 2000,Īnd no team has ever done that in the second half of a Superīowl before. McKinnon slid down on the 1-yard line to set up the The Chiefs converted 93.8% of their firstĭowns into another first down or a touchdown in the second half,Īnd the only reason they didn’t hit 100% is because Jerick On first down and sees whether it turned that series into a firstĭown or a touchdown. One good way to measure offensive dominance is down setĬonversion rate, which looks at every time a team took the ball How Mahomes’ Chiefs Beat Hurts’ Eagles in Super Bowl 2023 ★
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However, prior to the end of NewsGator sync, we'll provide a way to redirect your synched clippings feed so that anyone subscribed to it will be unaffected by the change. "If you're among the few customers who created synched clippings in FeedDemon, your clippings will no longer be synched after the conversion, and the RSS feed for your synched clippings will no longer update. So before I go jump off a bridge, can you please clarify this statement: I know I'm supposed to post this on the forum, but even though I am registered, it keeps telling me I don't have permission. If you're a FeedDemon customer, I think you're going to love where FeedDemon will take you now that it's tied to Google Reader instead of NewsGator. The Google Reader team has been making some interesting moves lately which enable me to take FeedDemon where I've long wanted it to go. I'm excited about being able to take full advantage of the power of Google Reader sync. FeedDemon (and NetNewsWire, for that matter) continues to have a very bright future. What does this mean for the future of FeedDemon? For the record I want to make it clear that FeedDemon's lifespan won't be cut short by this change. Most of you will want to redirect to your Google Reader shared items feed ( here's mine) since FeedDemon 3.0 includes the ability to copy articles to your Google Reader shared items. If you're among the few customers who created synched clippings in FeedDemon, your clippings will no longer be synched after the conversion, and the RSS feed for your synched clippings will no longer update. Once the conversion completes, FeedDemon will sync with Google Reader instead of NewsGator. The first time you run FeedDemon 3.0, you'll be asked whether to convert your NewsGator subscriptions to Google Reader subscriptions. FeedDemon 3.0 still offers syncrhonization - – but instead of synching with NewsGator, it syncs with Google Reader. So how will this impact you if you're a FeedDemon customer who relies on NewsGator sync? Honestly, this shouldn't have much impact on you. There's also an FAQ which addresses most of the questions about this announcement. Rather than re-hash the announcement here, I invite you to read it on NewsGator's official company blog. If the list below is not formatted properly in your podcast app, click here!ģ:47 - How the pandemic has changed work in the technology journalism sectorĢ3:28 - Workplace communication strategiesĢ8:20 - Productivity Apps lightning roundģ7:25 - It never hurts to ask (except when it does)ģ9:16 - We're here to help! Or find someone who can.Ĭome visit us at busynessparadox.Today NewsGator announced that their consumer synchronization platform will no longer be available as of August 31, 2009. Tune in to hear his expert advice on apps, books, project management strategies, workplace communication, an ingenious email filter we can't believe we didn't think of ourselves, and other tips for getting your job, your software, and yourself in sync. In this episode, Stephen Robles from Apple Insider joins us to discuss strategies for using our digital devices as the productivity tools they're meant to be. Task lists, calendars, passwords, email, webcams.have they made your job more efficient or have they BECOME your job? If you see a heart ❤️ on a Blender Market product, you know that a portion of sales are going back to the Blender Foundation. As of February 2022, the creators on the Blender Market alone have donated well over $350,000 to the Blender Development Fundjust through product sales. Most add-on developers donate a portion of their income back to the Blender foundation. It's important to realize that paying for add-ons does not distract from core Blender development. While many simple add-ons are free (thanks to generous creators who donate their time) many complex add-ons take substantial time to develop and would not exist or continue to be supported without the incentive to update and maintain them. it’s time to power up □ Should you pay for add-ons?īlender is all about being free, so it may seem counterintuitive or frustrating to pay for additional features. They’ll help you work faster but not necessarily better. It’s similar to how strapping a rocket booster to a car probably wouldn’t be all that helpful if you’re still learning to drive. If you’re brand new to Blender, we recommend starting out without the use of add-ons and only exploring them once you’re comfortable with the default features. Pick and choose which ones make the most sense to you. You definitely shouldn't install them all. This list is designed to show you what’s out there and what other people find useful. However, the best add-ons make your life much easier. You can learn how to get started making your own add-on by following this other guide.ĭo you need to use add-ons? Not at all! Blender is plenty powerful out of the box. Learn how to install add-ons by following this guide. Regardless of what you call them, any code-savvy Blender user can harness the power of Python to create new Blender features, from simple time saving scripts to complex algorithms that do what Blender can't on its own. The prices are up to date as of early 2022 and none of the links are affiliate links.įeatured artwork by Aleksandre Lortkipanidze. We chose the add-ons by asking the Blender community and referencing our own CG Cookie team's experience. This guide is not a complete list but will help you cut through the noise and find something new that's useful for you. Now, the number of quality Blender add-ons has exploded and so has the fanfare around them. There were also fewer add-ons to sort through, so the process of picking the most useful was relatively straightforward. When I first wrote this article a few years ago, there weren't many helpful lists of Blender add-ons and several hidden gems remained undiscovered. However, even on a lean 33-minute record, Celestial Shore struggle to maintain a consistent balance of inspired and insolent. And as the wistful “Weekenders” proves, sometimes the most startling thing this tightly wound band can do is just chill out for a minute: the song’s compulsive verses give way to a gorgeous anti-chorus of whispered, daydreamy incantations and jangly strums that repeat and recede like ocean waves softly cresting onto the sand. As was the case with 10x standout “Valerie” (not a Steve Winwood cover), the highlight here is a customized ode to another girl already mythologized in the rock canon that’s slotted into the second-batter position: “Gloria” rides a Doolittle bass groove into a big-Deal chorus, though the real hook isn’t Owens’ ascendant, airy sigh, but the labyrinthine yet oddly catchy chord progression running circles around it. In its most spirited stretches, Enter Ghost imagines the new, more poised album we have yet to receive from the recently reunited Unicorns, with songs like “Now I Know” and “Same Old Cult Story” story striking a similar balance of winsome, '60s-psych melodies and structural instability. They haven’t so much focused their songwriting approach as harnessed their fidgety energy into more powerful spurts, with the band’s intricate interplay emphasizing their pop instincts rather clashing against them. With the band now pared down to a trio featuring guitarist Sam Owens, bassist Greg Albert, and drummer Max Almario, Enter Ghost untangles the knottier aspects of the band’s sound, but the 90-degree kinks are still very much visible. Given their jazz-school chops, Celestial Shore have always abided by a policy of “why settle for three chords when 17 will do?” On their 2013 debut 10x, their quirks and tics felt like genial gesticulations in sync with a post-Dirty Projectors world, while the backing vocals of the since-departed Lorely Rodriguez (aka rising synth-pop diva Empress Of) provided a calming counterpoint to the songs’ architectural-degree complexity. When they returned, Brendan was shot. Aphmau heard about it, and she then got the doctor in Bright Port, a village nearby. The Old Lord's house before it was taken downīrendan, the farmer in the village, and Zenix decide that they should destroy the house and use the materials for something useful. She finds the old Lord's house in which it was a short distance away from the village and discovers the village's old Lord's journal, speaking about how the villagers were changing, but not necessarily in a bad way. At the village, she meets two guards, Garroth and Zenix. Aphmau decides to help the village and live there. The mysterious person runs away before Aphmau could continue chasing him. While chasing after the person, she discovers a village. She was cutting down a tree before noticing a mysterious person. Will that person Aphmau? Will she be able to help the village she hopes to claim?Īphmau spawned into the world as a regular player. The last lord of the village was murdered and someone has to step up to the plate. The king is still determined to get revenge on Lady Irene and all of her descendants. The war was eventually stopped by 7 divine warriors, Lady Irene being one of them. The Divine Warriors put The Shadow King's powers, and some of their own, into relics, one for each warrior.īefore Aphmau came to the world of Minecraft Diaries, the world was ruled by an evil king who waged a war against wyvern kind. His physical form was destroyed, and his spirit was sent back to the Nether and trapped there. This war lasted for over 300 years until, about 900 years ago, a group of five people, The other Divine Warriors, came and were able to rise and defeat the Shadow King. The lords of some of the villages opposed the Shadow King's rule, launched a full-scale war against the Shadow King and his armies, which has now become known as the War of the Magi. Turned by anger, he began to amass great power and created an army known only as the Shadow Knights. About 1,000 years after being banished, the person took the name of The Shadow Lord and was able to leave the nether and, with his Shadow Knights, invade the overworld, attempting to take it over. Over 5,000 years ago a man (Former Divine Warrior Shad) was banished, to the dimension known as the Nether. 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This section is the clear standout, in large part because it’s the only world specifically built for this second game. In particular, the third world you visit, brilliantly fleshes out the player character’s identity and purpose. Fortunately, I’m pleased to report that what starts as an incoherent jumble does eventually solidify into a truly intriguing tale that deftly avoids the common clichés. This game is extremely story-heavy, which is a good thing because, honestly, the combat and exploration is simply not strong enough to sell the game alone. The Bearer and her linked entity, Ergo, keep appearing for mysterious reasons. However, by the end I had come to enjoy the characters with all their performance quirks, mostly because I was engrossed enough with the story. It takes a while to get used to the performances being…not so natural. With that being said, the performances range from pretty good to fairly poor as one might expect from a low-budget game. I commend the game for being fully voice-acted. “That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard you say. This betrays the extremely limited budget, which leads us into the voice acting. Even worse, the environments have barely any ambient sounds except the big ones like fire or wind. However, the sound design in general is barely passable consisting of very simple slashes, pops, booms and whirls with very little 3D spatial awareness. The memories theme in particular is a perfect fit with its hauntingly beautiful tones. Moving on, the music is exceptionally good across the board, even worthy of separate listening. Combine the too-close camera and your character’s bizarrely huge dodge distance, and you’ll often ping-pong around during combat, camera flailing in all directions. Often the combat devolves into madness! Constant projectiles, camera freaking out!Ĭoming back to ranged attacks, there are far too many combat encounters involving claustrophobic rooms with enemies shooting projectiles or relentlessly lunging at you. A few basic environmental puzzles present themselves, paced out well enough to never be too tedious or tiresome. Intermittent basic platforming and overhead or side-angle camera perspectives add a bit of flavor to the journeying along with a dash of trap avoidance. The game zones themselves are fairly small, allowing quick but enjoyable exploration with a nice feeling of discovery when finding tucked away items. By the way, it should be noted that the game reuses about 75% of the first game’s art assets, even copying two of the three worlds and several boss battles. Occasionally very welcome shortcuts are unlocked, allowing easy access back to the hub before and after boss battles. Most of the game takes place in a main hub and the three “worlds” that connect to it. Movement is responsive, fluid, and reliable. So how does the game play? The fundamentals are pretty strong. Perhaps this game wins the “most-seemingly-overly-long-and-confusing-title-that-actually-makes-total-sense-in-context” award! Hence, Anima, the overall world, telling the Gate of Memories story, but focused on The Nameless and his Chronicles. The Nameless isn’t an easy guy to kill…it’s not even clear if he can be killed! It tells the exact same Gate of Memories story from the 2016 game but is reframed from the point of view of a guy called The Nameless, who was present (and a boss) in the first game. Now the The Nameless Chronicles comes out not as a sequel but more as a standalone mini-expansion. Then the finished product finally released in 2016 and was mostly unnoticed by the world.įast forward to June 2018. Then in 2012 a Kickstarter campaign (and 2014 Kickstarter-booster) by the same authors funded the development of the first Anima: Gate of Memories video game. Anima began in 2005 as the Anima Beyond Fantasy role-playing game books, a mix of anime and medieval fantasy. Speaking of development, let’s go on a brief journey describing this game’s storied history. Then mix it all together by a development team of only three main people!īrumbek Reviews Anima: Gate of Memories – The Nameless Chronicles: Low-Budget, Big Heart Third, take Dark Souls’ tough-as-nails boss battles and try, try again mentality. Second, take Nier’s unconventional characters and multi-layered story-world. First, take Devil may Cry’s fast and flashy combat, combos, and demon powers. Anima: Gate of Memories – The Nameless Chronicles is a budget-priced story-heavy third-person action game heavily inspired by Devil may Cry, Nier, and Dark Souls. (opp/hyp) Cosine, cos For an acute angle of a right triangle the ratio of the side adjacent to the angle to the measure of the hypotenuse. 1 Definitions, s and s Name: Definitions Complementary Angles Two angles whose measures have a sum of 90 o Supplementary Angles Two angles whose measures have a sum of 180 o A statement that can be proven Vertical Angles Transversal Two angles formed by intersecting lines and facing in the opposite direction A line that intersects two lines in the same plane at different points Corresponding Pairs of angles formed by two lines and a angles transversal that make an F pattern Same-side interior Pairs of angles formed by two lines and a angles transversal that make a C pattern Alternate interior Pairs of angles formed by two lines and a angles transversal that make a Z pattern Congruent triangles Triangles in which corresponding parts (sides and angles) are equal in measure Similar triangles Angle bisector Segment bisector Legs of an isosceles triangle Base of an isosceles triangle Equiangular Perpendicular bisector Altitude Triangles in which corresponding angles are equal in measure and corresponding sides are in proportion (ratios equal) A ray that begins at the vertex of an angle and divides the angle into two angles of equal measure A ray, line or segment that divides a segment into two parts of equal measure The sides of equal measure in an isosceles triangle The third side of an isosceles triangle Having angles that are all equal in measure A line that bisects a segment and is perpendicular to it A segment from a vertex of a triangle perpendicular to the line containing the opposite side of 11Ģ Definitions, s and s Definitions Geometric mean The value of x in proportion a/x = x/b where a, b, and x are positive numbers (x is the geometric mean between a and b) Sine, sin For an acute angle of a right triangle, the ratio of the side opposite the angle to the measure of the hypotenuse. Genome-wide analysis of PTB-RNA interactions reveals a strategy used by the general splicing repressor to modulate exon inclusion or skipping. A two-tracked approach to analyze RNA-protein crosslinking sites in native, nonlabeled small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles. An RNA code for the FOX2 splicing regulator revealed by mapping RNA-protein interactions in stem cells. HITS-CLIP yields genome-wide insights into brain alternative RNA processing. CLIP: A method for identifying protein–RNA interaction sites in living cells. CLIP identifies Nova-regulated RNA networks in the brain. Independent deposition of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins and small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles at sites of transcription. Mechanisms of fidelity in pre-mRNA splicing. The C-protein tetramer binds 230 to 240 nucleotides of pre-mRNA and nucleates the assembly of 40S heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles. Arrangement of 30S heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein on polyoma virus late nuclear transcripts. Identification and characterization of the packaging proteins of core 40S hnRNP particles. Mechanisms of alternative splicing regulation: insights from molecular and genomics approaches. The spliceosome: design principles of a dynamic RNP machine. Expansion of the eukaryotic proteome by alternative splicing. The ability of high-resolution iCLIP data to provide insights into the mechanism of this regulation holds promise for studies of other higher-order ribonucleoprotein complexes. Integration of transcriptome-wide iCLIP data and alternative splicing profiles into an 'RNA map' indicates how the positioning of hnRNP particles determines their effect on the inclusion of alternative exons. hnRNP particles assemble on both introns and exons but remain generally excluded from splice sites. iCLIP data show that hnRNP C recognizes uridine tracts with a defined long-range spacing consistent with hnRNP particle organization. Here, we developed individual-nucleotide resolution UV cross-linking and immunoprecipitation (iCLIP) to study the role of hnRNP C in splicing regulation. Despite their abundance, however, it remained unclear whether these particles control pre-mRNA processing. In the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, nascent transcripts are associated with heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) particles that are nucleated by hnRNP C. The classic 3D maze screensaver that shipped with Windows 95 and 98. And if you are accustom to listening to your favorite music while doing your work, no worries, the wallpapers is designed to allow you to independently mute the wallpaper sounds with one click so that you can enjoy the music with the wallpaper running or vise-versa! And it is even better yet! To maximize your view the wallpaper also allows you to hide all desktop icons with one click, except the project that you are currently working on. Screensavers Planet Screensavers 3D Maze. The animated wallpapers breathe new life into your computer and let you enjoy your favorite, pristine, and relax scenes-live while you are doing your work. A fiddler crab that cleans the bottom of the aquarium and chases fish.Unlike screensavers, the animated wallpapers are designed to run behind desktop icons and on top of tradition boring static desktop image or background on your screen. The most realistic fish motion and behavior of any virtual aquarium.This video shows off the amazingly realistic behavior and motion of Dream Aquarium's virtual inhabitants. Try it FREE Dream Aquarium is a next-generation virtual aquarium & screensaver that brings the beauty of lush freshwater aquariums to your computer with unsurpassed realism. Or have your favorite under the tropical ocean scene screen savers which only runs when your computer is at idle state for a few minutes and you are not there to enjoy. Dream Aquarium screensaver brings the beauty of lush freshwater aquariums to your computer, with the most realistic fish behavior you've ever seen. An under the tropical ocean scene which normally you have to scuba dive to see, or have a pricey and labor intensive maintenance salt water fish tank in your home. Enjoy the sights, sounds, and enchantments of an aquarium right from your desktop as you watch fish swim among swaying plants, corals, rocks, and bubbles Customize to your heart's desire with over. However, the program installs and uninstalls easily, so even the limited trial version is worth a try.Virtual Aquarium wallpape features Regal Blue Tang (Dory), Yelow Tang, Purple Tang, Moorish Idol (Gill), Black Clown, Orange Clown, Green Clown, Pink Clown in crystal clear water under the tropical ocean and coral reefs, full of sea Anemone, Soft colorful corals, and hard coral, polyp, sea crabs, octopus, and Fire shrimps with crashing wave of ocean sounds and under the sea volcano. The ability to customize the contents of the aquarium is one of the most interesting features of the program, so the limitations of the trial version are quite severe. Trial users are also subject to advertisements that encourage them to purchase the program periodically. In addition to limiting users to two underwater scenes they can choose from, the trial version of the software prevents users from saving changes to the program’s settings. The only major limitation of the program is the limitations of the trial version. Virtual aquarium screensavers have been around for a while, creating great-looking fish thanks on your desktop every time you stepped away from your computer, so it’s no surprise that similar. Multi-monitoring support is provided for users who want to work and enjoy their virtual aquarium at the same time. The interface is intuitive and easy to navigate, and the screensaver’s graphics themselves are quite realistic and almost as much like emulating a real aquarium as a computer program can. The screensaver has both bubble and wave sounds, each of which can be muted or adjusted independently. Users can customize features such as number and type of fish, number of bubbles, background and lighting. It is suitable for all levels of user from those with only one aquarium at home to breeders with several breeding and show tanks. The program is designed for all aquarists. Settings are adjustable without exiting the screensaver. It can record and quickly manage all events and processes associated with your aquarium. A fiddler crab chases the fish while cleaning the bottom of the aquarium, and theres support for multiple monitors, widescreen formatting, and more than twenty-three species of fish, each with well-articulated fins and animated eyes and gills. The trial version of the software allows the user to choose between a freshwater scene and a saltwater scene Full version includes additional options. AquaLot is the leading professional aquarium software. The simple interface and realistic graphics make this program enjoyable to use, but the limitations of the trial version are a significant drawback. The Fish School 3D screensaver is an engaging way for users to turn their computer screens into beautiful aquariums. |
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