![]() ![]() As the pandemic raged in 2020, our family faced its own challenges. The past few years have been challenging to say the least, with worldwide issues which can tend to overshadow what's going on in your own life and cloud what you need to get done at the time. ![]() ![]() your whole life", I take that as a compliment. When I talk with people about where I'm from, and hear "Huh, you don't sound like someone who's lived in L.A. However, when I read the title of this thread, I thought that the Dash Between the Dates referred to the crazy way people drive between Thanksgiving and New Year.Īs far as being raised right, I travel all across the country as an event coordinator. Would you be proud of the things they say about how you spent your dash? So, when your eulogy is being read with your life’s actions to rehash, Remembering that this special dash might only last a little while. If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile, If we could just slow down enough to consider what’s true and real,Īnd always try to understand the way other people feel.īe less quick to anger and show appreciation more,Īnd love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before. Are there things you’d like to change?įor you never know how much time is left that can still be rearranged. What matters is how we live and love, and how we spend our dash. He noted first came the date of the birth and spoke the following date with tears.īut he said what mattered most of all was the dash between the years.įor that dash represents all the time that they spent life on Earth.Īnd now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.įor it matters not how much we own, the cars, the house, the cash. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning to the end. I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. What's your #dashbetweenthedates? What have you overcome to stay or become a wanderer? Now I ride for the way that it forces me into the present. My intent is for this to be an exchange of ideas and inspiration. She's signed on in my preparations for the Arctic Circle ride coming up this Summer.īut, that's not why I'm posting here. It's just happens that they are spread across the west, so I go with the full support of my partner. Twenty-one chemo treatments have put me into remission and last year I felt like I could get back out there, open-yoga-pose my way around the West on a machine and contribute more to that indicator of the ultimate passing of time.Īdventure riding isn't my only influence time with my spouse, kids and and their families is paramount. On the fifth of February 2021, at the surge of the pandemic I received some news. There's a poem by Linda Ellis that tells the story of someone attending the funeral for a friend where a speaker talks about the dash that exists between the dates, how that little symbol represents much more than the day we were born and the day we die. ![]()
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![]() Sears, Kmart and Bed Bath & Beyond also sell them for $39.99 (you can also find it at other stores.) I bought mine at Bed Bath & Beyond using a 20% off coupon which helped bring the price down a bit. If you buy the Star Shower Laser Light from the As Seen On TV website you’ll pay $39.99 plus $9.99 shipping and handling. The As Seen On TV commercial shows a house that is really lit up and super bright but I did read that for the commercial, they used 4 laser lights so it would be much brighter than if you only used one. About 1% of the reviews I read said the unit stopped working after a couple of days but once they were exchanged, the buyers were happy and again, they’d recommend it. The few complaints I found were that when it snows or you have freezing rains, it will stop working but once it has defrosted/dried out, it works just fine. After I bought the first one I read all the online reviews and found the majority of reviews were positive and that people would buy another or recommend it to a friend. If you have a lot of lights on or a big street lamp that hits the area you’re decorating, the lights will appear dimmer.Īfter buying one, we ended up buying a second one to better hit all the angles of our home. The darker it is, the brighter the lights. The cord on the projector lights are pretty short so you’ll most likely need a long extension cord, depending on where you’re placing it. Since the laser lights only work when it’s dark, when you first open the package to test the lights, you either have to test them out in a dark room or block the sensor (on the bottom of lens) to fool it into thinking it’s dark.Īt or below freezing temperatures, the Star Shower may take up to 10 minutes to warm up and reach its full projection strength. But since that’s not going to happen with our steep roofline, I’m happy to have these. I personally love them almost as much as I’d love to have my entire house outlined with traditional Christmas lights. Star Shower Laser Light – As Seen On TV…Does It Work? – All you have to do is stick the stake in the ground, easily screw the laser light onto the stake and plug it in. The laser light itself is weather resistant, comes with an extra long lawn stake, and has 2 laser modes which allows you to choose red and green lights or green lights only. (I’m a “Chevy Chase/Christmas Vacation” kind of person and my husband is more like “A Charlie Brown type of Christmas tree is more than sufficient.”) If it worked, it could be a great compromise between my ideas of Christmas decorating and my husband’s ideas. When I saw this product advertised I immediately wanted one. “Shower Your Home With Thousands of Laser Lights in Seconds!” is what the Star Shower Laser Light (an As Seen On TV product) claims, with no ladders, no hanging, no dead bulbs, and no mess. Want a festively decorated home without spending a lot of money or spending hours and hours hanging lights? ![]() ![]() Star Shower Motion Laser Light – As Seen On TV…Does It Work? ft.** UPDATE – I just unpacked my Star Shower Laser Lights from last year and am happy to say they both still work! And this year I tried the new Star Shower Motion Laser Light and love it! Power Input - 110V AC (with provided transformer).Includes ground stake for sturdy yard placement. ![]() Your home can transform from dull to dazzling with a magical three-dimensional light field of beautiful crisp bright lights. Star Shower Ultra 9 is the ORIGINAL laser light system that immerses your entire home from top to bottom with a galaxy of THOUSANDS of spectacular red and green lights! And it's so easy! Just plug it in, turn it on, and press the function selection button to find the light mode that you like best. You can choose from NINE incredibly beautiful decorative light patterns which include: RED/GREEN Lights Motion, RED/GREEN Lights No Motion, RED/GREEN Lights Blinking, GREEN Lights Motion, GREEN Lights No Motion, GREEN Lights Blinking, RED Lights Motion, RED Lights No Motion, and RED Lights Blinking. Now you can decorate the exterior of your home easier than ever with the brand-new Star Shower Ultra 9 Laser Light Show! The holidays are here and 'tis the season to decorate your home - but hanging string lights are a struggle that take too much time. ![]() The Easiest Way to Decorate Your Home This Holiday Season! ![]() ![]() ![]() Sure, you could understand someone not wanting you to screw up their research. He apparently wants to sketch the footprint, and requests that you leave the area alone for a while. He insists you absolutely cannot go any further, because: Right by the second town (first if you don’t count your hometown), you’re unable to progress west because of this NPC here, scratching about in the dirt. This one goes back to RSE, or the very recent remakes in ORAS. And when you think about it, a guy blocking everyone from going on a bridge to repeat that same weird phrase is fairly odd. He had a bike, and did either a rotation or triple battle if you talked to him, but he was completely optional. Those who played the original Black and White games would possibly remember Charles the heartbreaker, as he was in Driftveil and would also mention that he… was a heartbreaker… in the exact same way. At least the games are consistent about him. Yep, he repeats that phrase over and over. Why is he seemingly holding everyone up like this just to battle? Why does the game make such a big deal that every NPC will remark about him, and build up this roadblock as a result? And whose heart did he break, and how? And why does he repeat that phrase so often? If you try and talk to him before that, he’ll claim he’s too busy battling other trainers.īut this is plain weird. And apparently, you can only battle him after getting the fourth Gym badge. He won’t let anybody past because, from what one can gather, he either failed to, or is trying to, impress a girl with his unique battling style, either Rotation or Triple battles (depending on which version you play). To be fair, you probably could make it past him if it wasn’t for all those other people standing in the way, but apparently he’s the one responsible. This guy prevents you from visiting Driftveil City, and for that matter every other NPC as well. ![]() The first to gain mention comes from Pokémon Black 2/White 2, the second pair of games in the fifth generation. Here is a sample of what I feel are the five most notable of these. Other times, people are standing in front of buildings, and demand that you go elsewhere first before they mysteriously disappear down the nearest plot hole and allow you to continue your quest.īut some of the cases of this in Pokémon are just plain weird or silly. For example, every game has at least one person standing by the entrance to the next route who won’t let you take a step further until you take on that Gym and win. These are cases when a non-playable character will stand in your way, preventing you from continuing until you complete a different objective. The Pokémon games are full of NPC roadblocks. ![]() ![]() This difference between the equal-loudness patterns of highs and lows becomes more and more pronounced as you produce smaller and smaller speakers. Small loudspeakers will spread the bass frequencies considerably more than the high frequencies. Even if that basic problem is overcome by electronic equalization of the sound input to the speakers and the design of the crossover networks which provide the signal to the different components of the loudspeaker, there is no escaping the implications of diffraction. Large speakers are inherently more efficient in producing bass frequencies into a room just because their size compares more favorably with the wavelengths of those sounds. There is reason to be skeptical about such claims on physical grounds. Very small loudspeakers are often promoted as having sound just as good as a large loudspeaker. The realities of diffraction may affect your choice of loudspeakers for your personal listening. Note that the wavelength of the 100 Hz sound is about 3.45 meters, much larger than the speaker, while that of the 2000 Hz sound is about 18 cm, about the size of the speaker. These equal intensity curves were measured in an undergraduate sound laboratory experiment. It is evident that the high frequency sound spreads out less than the low frequency sound. The curves at left represent equal intensity contours at 90 decibels for sound produced by a small enclosed loudspeaker. Since the bass frequencies have longer wavelengths compared to the size of the loudspeaker, they will spread out more than the high frequencies. One consequence of diffraction is that sound from a loudspeaker will spread out rather than just going straight ahead. The long wavelength sounds of the bass drum will diffract around the corner more efficiently than the more directional, short wavelength sounds of the higher pitched instruments. So your experience with sound can give you insights into the limitations of all kinds of imaging processes. When you are several sound wavelengths past the post, nothing about the wave gives you information about the post. The reason for that limitation can be visualized with the auditorium example: the sound waves bend in and reconstruct the wavefront past the post. You cannot see a virus with a light microscope because the virus is smaller than the wavelength of visible light. A fundamental principle of imaging is that you cannot see an object which is smaller than the wavelength of the wave with which you view it. Good sealing of loudspeaker cabinets is required for similar reasons.Īnother implication of diffraction is the fact that a wave which is much longer than the size of an obstacle, like the post in the auditorium above, cannot give you information about that obstacle. Good soundproofing requires that a room be well sealed, because any openings will allow sound from the outside to spread out in the room - it is surprising how much sound can get in through a small opening. ![]() Besides being able to hear the sound when you are outside the door as in the illustration above, this spreading out of sound waves has consequences when you are trying to soundproof a room. This aspect of diffraction also has many implications. You may perceive diffraction to have a dual nature, since the same phenomenon which causes waves to bend around obstacles causes them to spread out past small openings. There are other factors such as the higher air absorption of high frequencies involved, but diffraction plays a part in the experience. The thunder from a distant strike will be experienced as a low rumble since it is the long wavelengths which can bend around obstacles to get to you. The thunder from a close bolt of lightning will be experienced as a sharp crack, indicating the presence of a lot of high frequency sound. Another common example of diffraction is the contrast in sound from a close lightning strike and a distant one. The fact that diffraction is more pronounced with longer wavelengths implies that you can hear low frequencies around obstacles better than high frequencies, as illustrated by the example of a marching band on the street. Diffraction in such cases helps the sound to "bend around" the obstacles. The fact that you can hear sounds around corners and around barriers involves both diffraction and reflection of sound. Important parts of our experience with sound involve diffraction. Diffraction of Sound Diffraction of Soundĭiffraction: the bending of waves around small* obstaclesand the spreading out of waves beyond small* openings.* small compared to the wavelength ![]() ![]() ![]() Moreover, students can extend their usage period by utilizing multiple free trials through different email addresses or school accounts, without spending any money. This helps them stay current with the Office suite. Additionally, taking advantage of the free trials allows students to benefit from updates and new features introduced by Microsoft.This helps them decide if investing in a paid version is beneficial for their educational or personal needs. During this period, students can use the software extensively and gain firsthand experience with it. 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Understanding the options for getting Microsoft Office for free as a student Keep an eye on their website or subscribe to their newsletters.ĭon’t worry about spending a lot on Microsoft Office. They often have limited-time offers or exclusive deals for students. Lastly, check for special discounts and promotions from Microsoft. Some offer software licenses for free or at a discount. You can also look into non-profits or community initiatives. To find out if you qualify, visit Microsoft’s website and follow the instructions. ![]() Eligible students can download and install Office 365 Education on up to five devices. In case your school doesn’t, Microsoft’s Student Advantage program could be worth checking out. If your school offers this, contact the IT department or check their website. ![]() These provide Office 365 subscriptions to students with no extra cost – with access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more. Many schools and universities have partnerships with Microsoft. So, how can you get it for free? Let’s explore the methods and resources! Microsoft Office is a powerful productivity suite that every student needs, but not everyone can afford it. ![]() ![]() ![]() You achieve this by moving face-up cards from the stock pile and the tableau. Your goal is to arrange all cards into the 4 empty foundation piles, organized by suit in ascending order, starting with an Ace and progressing to a King. On Solitaired, you can play unlimited online Solitaire games for free on your phone, desktop, or in full screen. While “Solitaire” typically refers to classic Klondike Solitaire, there are many versions and difficulty levels, such as Klondike Solitaire Turn 3 and FreeCell. Once the download completes, the installation will start and you'll get a notification after the installation is finished.Solitaire is a single-player card game in which you try to arrange all of your cards into foundation piles. ![]()
![]() ![]() If you are drawing eyelashes and lips following the guide line, the base material has already been prepared, so use it while adjusting the color and range. To prevent the areas from being seen when the eyes are closed or the mouth is closed, the eyelids and mouth should have skin-filled-only parts. The shape of the eyebrows and mouth will be deformed in Live2D, so it is recommended to follow the guide line for the time being. It is recommended to draw an extra area for the materials since the hidden parts can be seen when the character moves. Notes When Preparing Materials Drawing an extra area You can draw in these layers.Įach group has a sample layer labeled “(for example).” If you are not sure how to draw it, use this as a reference. In this group, there are layers for line drawing and filling. When you open each group, you will see many groups with detailed part names. At the top, there are the groups “Head” and “Body.” Once the guide image is prepared, the actual illustration is drawn for each part. First, prepare a guide image on a guide image layer. Illustrations must be drawn while separating them into parts in order to move them in Live2D. At this time, draw an illustration according to the guide line. The folder contains two types of PSD files.Īs an example for drawing a boy character, open “SD Template_Boy.psd.” When opened, it will look like the following.Ī guide line for the element should appear on the canvas. ![]() Prepare to Draw an Illustrationįirst, open the data file for the template, which can be downloaded from the top of the page. Using the template function, you can easily move SD characters in Live2D. This section describes how to use the template function and how to prepare illustrations for the template function. 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Return to the latest system requirements. See the link below for details.įAQ: When I try to operate the macOS version of Cubism Editor, it sometimes freezes. * With macOS, Cubism 4 Editor may not operate correctly when certain other software is installed.The following drawing tools are recommended when creating a PSD. Software may not function correctly when running with an on-board GPU (e.g. Please note that if you install the Intel version of Cubism Editor, it will run on Rosetta 2. If you are using Apple M-series devices, please install the Cubism Editor that is compatible with Apple M-series. Video sizes exceeding 4,096 pixels in width or 2,304 pixels in height cannot be exported with macOS. Intel® Core™ i5-8500 equivalent or higher performance Larger image sizes and higher vertex and parameter counts require more powerful CPUs and greater memory capacity. * CPU and memory requirements vary based on factors like image size, vertex count, parameter count, and other similar factors.* If you want to check the operation and file input of Cubism Editor in your environment, please make sure it works properly with the Trial or FREE version before purchasing the PRO version. ![]() ![]() Required in order to authenticate the license. Recommended: 1920 × 1080 pixels (at UI scaling factor of 100%) Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 or higher graphics cardġ440 × 900 pixels or more, 32-bit color or more Recommended: i5-8600, i7-7700, quad-core or higher IIntel® Core™ i5-6600 equivalent or higher performance (including AMD) Windows 10, 11 (64-bit version, desktop mode only) ![]() ![]() Remember, if other people have done it, you can do it too. ![]() It is a big production and the more time taken, the smoother it will be. Of course, this takes time and lots of practice. If you can’t afford a professional emcee, a plethora of excellent, a well-prepared and above all, a decent sample emcee script ( below) can turn even old agoraphobic Uncle Bertie into a smooth and charming wedding master of ceremony. Of course, it doesn’t have to be like that at all. ![]() It is confidence destroying for the deer and agonizing for everyone else. Click here to go straight to the beginning of the Perhaps even worse, the wedding MC has been dragooned at the last minute and resembles a deer caught in the headlights. I’m also sure most of us have heard of, or been to weddings where the would-be wedding MC has one too many shots of Dutch Courage and makes a meal of the job instead of the dinner complete with off colour jokes about the bride or her mother. Of course, we'd all prefer to have the wedding reception program emceed by Billy Crystal with all the production values the Oscars are renowned for (a wedding to remember in a good way), but reality usually does come with a little more elbow grease and this is no exception. Donald Sabandeja and as a music cue guide for the Sound Operator during the wedding reception at Chateau de Busay.Ī really superb wedding master of ceremonies script is manna from heaven for any first timer given the task of emceeing a wedding, wouldn't you think? After all, nobody's addicted to the struggle. The following emcee script was prepared by Ivy to serve as an announcement guide for Master of Ceremonies Mr. Blog: How Spark emcee warmed up AT&T event. Blog: 6 tips to make your emcee script sparkle. Spark master of ceremonies to emcee Boston-area fundraiser. ![]() Spark master of ceremonies to emcee Washington event. Spark emcee re-booked for Boston Food Bank fundraiser. 10 PowerPoint Alternatives for a Memorable Presentation. Emcee Script For A Program Of Debut SampleĮmcee Script For A Program Of Debut SampleĮMCEE NEWS & TIPS. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this way, the original predictors can be directly compared to the results that include PCA components. In step_pca(), using zero PCA components is a shortcut to skip the feature extraction. Let’s remove one column not needed for analysis ( case): The data are included in the modeldata package. Since this is part of an automated lab test, the focus was on prediction capability rather than inference. Also, individually, many predictors have skewed distributions.Įach cell belongs to one of two classes. For example, there are several different predictors that measure the size and shape of the nucleus and cell boundary. There is a high degree of correlation between the predictors. These predictors represent shape and intensity characteristics of different parts of the cells (e.g., the nucleus, the cell boundary, etc.). The data consists of 56 imaging measurements on 2019 human breast cancer cells. ( 2007), who developed an automated microscopy laboratory tool for cancer research. We use a classification data set to demonstrate model tuning in this and the next chapter. It might make sense to choose the empirically best parameter combination or bias the choice towards other aspects of the model fit, such as simplicity. The process (and syntax) closely resembles the approach in Section 10.3 that used the fit_resamples() function from the tune package.Īfter resampling, the user selects the most appropriate candidate parameter set. Resampling methods or a single validation set work well for this purpose. To choose the best tuning parameter combination, each candidate set is assessed using data that were not used to train that model.
![]() ![]() To keep up with all the film and television adaptations happening in Hollywood, Shacknews has you covered. Black is also set to play Claptrap in the upcoming Borderlands movie from Eli Roth. Movie, taking the internet by storm with his original song Peaches. Just earlier this year, he enchanted audiences as Bowser in The Super Mario Bros. Minecraft will mark Jack Black’s third video game movie of the decade. It is representing the classic player model and is also knows as beardless Steve. Choose from over 1.5 million free player skins uploaded by the community. The original announcement revealed that the Minecraft movie will be live-action, adding even more curiosity and intrigue to the project. The Steve skin is one of the default Minecraft skins of the main character. Minecraft skins customize the appearance of your player in the game. View, comment, download and edit distorted steve Minecraft skins. Story details about the Minecraft movie are still unknown, but just about anyone who’s looked at a screen in the past decade will recognize the blocky visage of Steve, the default playable character in Minecraft. Angel Steve (Distorted Infection getting. Most notably, the report claims that Jack Black will play none other than Steve, Minecraft’s legendary protagonist. ![]() According to the publication, the Minecraft movie will soon kick off production in New Zealand, and Black’s involvement was one of the details to come out as a result. Steve Minecraft Skins Trending Tagged New Random 1 867 46 d 2 447 32 d 3 549 49 d 4 550 58 d 5 539 59 d 6 643 74 d 7 329 72 d 8 44 30 d 9 237 69 d 10 256 73 d 11 3 8. The news of Jack Black starring in the Minecraft movie came from a Deadline report today. Jack Black has reportedly been cast in the Minecraft movie as Steve. While we already knew about actor Jason Mamoa’s involvement with the film, another massive name may have just joined the ensemble. As the video game adaptation renaissance continues across television and film, audiences have waited with great curiosity to learn more about Warner Bros. ![]() |
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