The dark crystal age of resistance 20196/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The Gelflings are present in full force in this prequel. Various Skeksis have been banished from the Palace of the Crystal now and then, and so for this installment of The Dark Crystal, there are only eight Skeksis. In the fully flushed out mythology of the books and comics, there were originally 18 urSkeks who came to Thra and split into the Mystics and Skeksis. In the movie, there were planned to be seven Skeksis, modeled after the Seven Deadly Sins, but along the way two more were added to round out their numbers at nine. Other familiar creatures, like the Podlings and Landstriders, have also made an appearance. No mention thus far of the Mystics, their good counterparts. The Skeksis are now presented as a space-faring race who came to Thra a millennium ago and tricked Aughra into appointing them protectors of the Crystal. She is the protector of the Crystal and shepherdess to all the creatures of Thra. The Myth-Speaker’s initial 3-minute monologue brings new viewers up to speed and clarifies a few elements that have been added to the backstory by several novels and comic book series over the intervening years.įor one, Aughra has been promoted to a goddess type figure. There are many elements from the original movie that are carried over into this prequel series. But this is a world we are familiar with: Thra, the planet circling three suns, with a dark crystal as its heart, the Crystal of Truth. Another age.” This is how the Myth-Speaker, a narrator voiced by Sigourney Weaver, begins The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. ![]() The Palace of the Crystal stands upon a fertile plain. It is beyond epic, and I’ve only seen the first of ten episodes. The written word is wholly inadequate to convey the sheer majesty of what has been accomplished here. I could read out the transcript even, word for word. I could tell you, scene by scene, everything that happens in this episode. Truthfully though, no one can spoil this series. There will be spoilers for that one episode, but not the rest of the series. Let’s clarify up front that this will be a review of just the pilot episode of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. ![]()
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One step from eden demo secrets6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() She hits the whole of the left-most friendly vertical row with a melee attack and then continues doing that while moving to the right.Spawns 4 ice spikes that stay on each the side of the field(1 on each) that follow on the player and then shoot one by one dealing 60 dmg on hit.The fight is accessed the same way as in normal. 60 dmg per hitĪfter beating her your run ends and you unlock Hell mode. Does this 4 times in a row(moving next to the player each time). ![]() Move to the player and does a melee attack that hits the 3 tiles in vertical row(2 tiles if next to an edge).Sometimes in a strait pattern while sometimes in a zig-zag. She hits the the right-most friendly vertical row with a melee attack(hits 3 squares) and then continues doing that while moving to the left.3 shoot at once and the last one will shoot a bit later. Spawns 4 ice spikes on the enemy side(1 on each row).She is very fast and sporadic with her movements so she can be hard to hit. Selicy is the final boss in the game reached by defeating Shopkeeper. The only attack she actively uses is shooting ice spikes randomly. This battle was not supposed to be in the demo so it can be buggy. 20 dmg per part hit, 60 dmg per whole beam hit.Īfter you beat her she will shoot a group of dodgeable instakill lasers that hit all friendly tiles, his can be dodged with the Step Slash spell. Shooting 3 bouncy beams made of 3 parts each(around 2 tiles long).Same but the lasers break the upper right 4(forms a square) and lower left 4 tiles.Lasers destroy the upper right 2(vertical) and lower left 2 tiles and 2 circular saws move counter clock-wise in the two rectangles formed by the broken tiles(1 in each).She still throws the two shields at the start of the battle(40 dmg each). The fight is accessed the same way as the normal one. Same but the lasers destroy the upper right 2 and lower left 2 tiles and the saws move counter clock-wise in the two rectangles formed by the broken tile(1 in each)Īfter you beat her she releases a wave of instakill lasers that hit all friendly tiles, this can be dodged with Step Slash spell.Two circular saws moving counter clock-wise around the friendly area plus lasers that break the middle 4 tiles.Wave of white explosions moving to the left.Quickly moving projectiles that push you to the right.Her shooting lasers from the sky that first form a cross(breaks other tiles) and then vertical and horizontal rows hitting the undamaged tiles(doesn't break tiles).20 dmg per part hit, 60 dmg per whole beam hit. Shooting 2 bouncy beams made of 3 parts each(around 2 tiles long).This is the first boss fight in the game. She starts of with throwing her shield in two pieces which deal 40 dmg each. ![]() Premiere pro vs premiere rush6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() is an advanced online video making platform serving the needs of real estate, marketing, travel, recruiting & HR, eCommerce business and Saas companies. By leveraging creative storytelling, Veed makes it super easy and swift to make online video adverts that drive campaigns with personalized branding and call(s)-to-action.show more Users can even make video memes online through the tool up uploading a target video, editing them according to various features, and downloading the edited video after quick rendering. ![]() They can even experiment with tools such as rotate, trim, add images, stickers, emojis and more. Veed also functions as a social media video creating tool that can create videos according to the channel that it will be posted on. ![]() Users can even add images to the videos, crop them, add text, or draw on them. 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So let's take a look at Prepros, which can run on the most popular operating systems. ![]() With pre-processors we don’t need to scroll to long CSS files or type same things again and again. Using the command line to compile our SCSS files is really not that. Managing the styling of complex sites is now much easier thanks to CSS Preprocessors. Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime) Fawn Creek violent crime is 9.6. There are several CSS preprocessors, but the two most widely used are Less and Sass. (The US average is 22.7) Fawn Creek property crime is 18.4. Getting started with Less is much easier since you can compile. less files on the fly using JavaScript (although that’s not recommended for production sites). Less also gained popularity due to its use in the Bootstrap framework. Prepos tells you what files are imported by the main file. Sass, on the other hand, feels like a more matured preprocessor and is now supported by both Bootstrap and also the Foundation framework. I than opened the Premiere Pro Auto-Save folder, where I found that the most recent Auto-Save file for the project in question was about three hours old. Recheck all your spelling, the path you use, and follow the sequence of the 3 files. What I think is your file contains only the definition part. So unless I can find some way to recover the contents of the Timeline, I’ve lost three hours of extremely tedious, detailed changes. Means it only contains the variables with assigned values. Keywords: prepros :: compile less, sass, coffeescript and much more with live browser refreshing. To compile this file you need to use those variables somewhere then after compilation prepros will replace that variable by the actual hex value. ![]() is not linking to, promoting or affiliated with prepros.io in any way. ![]() Only publicly available statistics data are displayed. There is probably a spelling mistake or something like that. Do not try to compile partial files Brad at 17:04 With the paths to the files, everything is fine. There are also few other CSS Preprocessors such as Stylus and DtCSS, etc. but it’s easier to get support and find existing CSS frameworks that support Less and Sass.ĬSS Preprocessors help web designers become more efficient, but compiling them is another story. If you are not into using the command line, here’s a list of 10 applications that make it simpler to compile Less and Sass files. ![]() Macjournal mac app journal6/11/2023 ![]() ![]() It also offers the tools you need without getting in your way, which is great for improving productivity.īut once you add images into the mix, MacJournal comes up short. It is flexible, easy to use, and makes blog entry uploading a simple process. For anyone that needs more than the bare essentials, look for an application that is designed for podcasting instead.Īs a journaling application and text-only blogging tool, MacJournal canit be beat. If your podcasting needs are minimal, MacJournal will probably work fine, but it felt rough around the edges here. Since MacJournal also supports audio recording, you can use the app for podcasting, too. Image-free uploading is so simple, in fact, that itis hard to find an excuse not to use MacJournalis blog upload feature. Without images, however, MacJournal did a bang-up job of managing and uploading blog entries. But the lack of any information in the MacJournal manual was frustrating. Either way, I ended up with extra steps that were necessary because of the way the Blogspot server operates, which is fine. That meant I had to upload each entry and then edit it in the Blogspot Web interface. I chose to disregard the offered solution and used Blogspotis built-in image upload feature. This is important information to include in the user manual. For the average user, the answer might as well have been in Swahili (assuming the average user doesnit speak Swahili). ![]() MacJournal uploaded this blog text, but I had to add the image later.Ī bit of online research led me to an entry on the MacJournal forums that explained the limitation, but only offered "upload the images to your FTP server" as a solution. Much to my dismay, the images werenit there - and the manual gave me no indication as to why. After I uploaded a couple of entries to my test blog, I checked to see how they looked. Once again, the manual is the problem with the whole process. If you use more than one blog, you can add additional servers and tell MacJournal which one to use when you upload your entries. Once you configure a blog server, MacJournal can upload single or multiple entries for you from a single menu option. All you have to do is provide your blog URL, user name, and password. Mac, and it auto-completes most of the settings necessary to send entries to your blog. The application is compatible with most of the popular blogging services including. Setting up MacJournal to upload entries to your blog is actually pretty simple. The inability to upload images to a blog isnit really a problem with MacJournal, itis an issue with the way blogging sites handle journal entries. If you want something that lets you include images in your blog entries, however, you may run into some problems - like MacJournal canit upload them to your blog. That may not be a big deal for some, but if you plan on adding lots of images to your journal entries, it matters.Ĭreating journal entries and then sharing them on the Web in blogs seems like a natural fit for MacJournal, and as long as you needs are simple, it fits the bill nicely. Since I couldnit find anything in the manual, I eventually concluded that you canit perform any type of image manipulation from within MacJournal. But when I went to resize the graphic to better fit my layout, I was stymied trying to figure out how to make that happen. I tried dragging and dropping an image into an entry, which worked just fine. The relatively intuitive interface didnit include an obvious way to add and manipulate images, and unfortunately the manual didnit offer any clues, either. The one place it falls down, however, is with graphic support. It even lets you import new entries from text files and other journal entries, giving you the flexibility to add content from multiple sources, and not just by typing at your keyboard. The app supports text formatting, spell checking, and recording audio entries. And about that encryption: It is AES 256-bit, so your entries should be safe from prying eyes. Since entries are date and time stamped, this is a great way to keep track of whatis going on in your life or business in an orderly and chronological style. It allows you to keep multiple journals, you can password protect them if you wish, and entries can be grouped and searched. Using MacJournal as a journaling tool is fantastic. To be fair, some of those limitations are imposed by blogging services, but it is nice to know about them in advance. Thatis an important distinction, because if you are looking at this app to manage your blog, there are some limitations. MacJournal is a journaling application first, and a blogging tool second. MacJournal from Mariner Software aims to be that application - for both public or private journals - and it throws in some blogging tools, too. A journal can be as personal or public as you want, but if you plan on keeping a journal on your Mac, it is easier when you have a dedicated application. ![]() Gator srx roll up tonneau cover6/11/2023 ![]() Lo Pro has more security features than SRX, which makes it worth buying as security is always the priority for anyone. It assures you not to fear any tearing or ripping of cover by thieves as this cover delivers you an excellent quality fabric with an unbreakable hardtop. The tailgate lock firmly holds the latches and doesn’t allow it to unclose until its lock is opened. Likewise, SRX satisfies you with its high-security standards. The tailgate lock provides maximum security to guard your goods against evil eyes. 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Additionally, the POL helps prevent excessive external tibial rotation and internal femoral rotation. 4 During a side-step cut, the POL contributes to keeping the pivot leg from opening in valgus, possibly acting in synergy with semimembranosus (SM) muscle activation. Moreover, the POL plays a small role in preventing posterior translation of the tibia on the femur because the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) is so overpowering. 3 The main role of the POL is to control anteromedial rotatory instability (AMRI) and to provide static resistance to the valgus loads when the knee is fully extended. It is located at the posterior third of the medial collateral ligament, attached proximally to the adductor tubercle of the femur and distally to the tibia and posterior aspect of the joint capsule. 2 Biomechanics and cadaveric studies have demonstrated that the POL can be considered to be the predominant ligamentous structure on the posterior medial corner of the knee joint. 1 Subsequently, however, Robinson et al, in their dissection study, did not find a discrete ligament, and they simply referred to all structures posterior to the superficial medial collateral ligament (sMCL) as the posteromedial joint capsule. The posterior oblique ligament (POL) was described for the first time by Hughston and Eilers in 1973 who assigned clinical and biomechanical significance of the knee’s stability to it. In young patients with high functional demands, return to sports is allowed no earlier than 9–12 months after they have undergone a thorough rehabilitation programme.Ĭite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2021 6:364-371. Surgical treatment of the medial side leads to satisfactory clinical results in a multi-ligamentous reconstruction scenario, but it is known to be associated with secondary stiffness. However, MRI is not sensitive in chronic cases. In acute settings, POL lesions can be easily identified using coronal and axial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) where the medial collateral ligament (MCL) and POL appear as separate structures. The hallmark of an injury related to POL lesions is the presence of anteromedial rotatory instability (AMRI), which is defined as ‘external rotation with anterior subluxation of the medial tibial plateau relative to the distal femur’. Moreover, three different injury patterns have been reported: those associated with injury to the capsular arm of the semimembranosus (SM), those involving a complete peripheral meniscal detachment and those involving disruption of the SM and peripheral meniscal detachment. ![]() The most common mechanism of injury – accounting for 72% of cases – is related to sports activity, particularly football, basketball and skiing. ![]() The resulting rotational instability, in addition to valgus laxity, may not be tolerated by athletes participating in pivoting sports. A thorough understanding of the anatomy, biomechanics, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of POL injuries will aid orthopaedic surgeons in the management of these injuries. The posterior oblique ligament (POL) is the predominant ligamentous structure on the posterior medial corner of the knee joint. ![]() Direct mapped vs set associative6/11/2023 ![]() Now to the more interesting part of caching. The lower $\log_2 x$ bits are called offset bits and they are used to tell the cache which address within the block we wish to access. That is, to get the block number out of a specific address we can simply ignore the last $\log_2 x$ bits (LSB), and the rest will indicate the number of the block associated with these $x$ addresses. Given a specific address in the memory, we can look at its bits representation: the MSB will be the "block number" and the LSB would be the offset inside the block. If a block contains $x$ addresses of the memory, then any $x$ consecutive addresses constitute a single block. Since the cache "knows" only blocks rather than specific addresses, we need a way to distinguish different addresses within a specific block. Maybe it contains 128 consecutive addresses. It is possible that a block contains the data of 2 (consecutive) addresses. It is possible that each block in the cache contains the data of only 1 memory-address. The cache always hold blocks of consecutive memory addresses. This "chunk" of information that we bring into the cache is called a block. So maybe when we first access address 0, and put it in the cache, it will be smart to bring along addresses 1 and 2 and 3 and put them in the cache as well. That is, many times if we access address 0, then shortly after we will access address 1 (and 2, and 3.). Many times, when we access the memory, we access consecutive addresses. But before we get there, let’s make things a bit more complex: we stop discussing addresses of the main memory and start discussing memory blocks. The index and tag bits will do just that (see below for a better explanation). In general we would like to be able to put in the cache any part of the main memory,Īnd we would need to figure out where to put each memory-address in the cache, and how to identify which memory-address lies in each cache-cell. ![]() We don’t know in advance - this would depend on the actual usage of the data (i.e., it depends on the software we run). Instead, it will hold some part of the data stored in the main memory. However, the cache is small, so it cannot hold the entire data of the main memory. So we better save data in our small and fast cache rather than in our big and slow main memory. It might take a long time to access data in the main memory, but it is very fast to access the cache. CacheĪ cache is just a faster, yet smaller, memory. If you prefer to learn by examples, jump to after the fold. Sorry if it doesn't seem like I have put a lot of work into this, but I am familiar with only directly mapped cache and the sample problems I have seen aren't very explanatory.īefore getting to your question, let's recall what set-associativity means, and how one can figure out how to split the address into tag, index and offset. Helping me understand the fundamentals of this problem would be so helpful and I appreciate all the help I can get. But in class, this is how I remember it being explained. Somehow I feel like this is all wrong, because of some sample problems I have seen. Since I have 3 sets, is it: $3 \bmod 3 = 0$, so $0$ is the index? $180 \bmod 3 = 0$ index as well? And would it looks like the following: My main problem is trying to figure out how to find the index and offset of associative (3-way set) cache. I have a 3 way set associative cache with 2 word blocks, total size of 24 words. Level 4 or Secondary Memory: It is external memory that is not as fast as the main memory but data stays permanently in this memory.My main issue of a homework problem is trying to figure out the different parts of the chart.It is small in size and once power is off data no longer stays in this memory. Level 3 or Main Memory: It is the memory on which the computer works currently.Level 2 or Cache memory: It is the fastest memory that has faster access time where data is temporarily stored for faster access.The most commonly used register is Accumulator, Program counter, Address Register, etc. Level 1 or Register: It is a type of memory in which data is stored and accepted that are immediately stored in the CPU.ISRO CS Syllabus for Scientist/Engineer Exam.ISRO CS Original Papers and Official Keys.GATE CS Original Papers and Official Keys.DevOps Engineering - Planning to Production. ![]() Python Backend Development with Django(Live).Android App Development with Kotlin(Live).Full Stack Development with React Bartender appreciation day6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() We’ve just covered the tip of the iceberg, as there are numerous boozy options out there in our candle world.
Point blank 19676/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Boorman credits Marvin with coming up with a lot of the visual metaphors in the film. The film features a fractured time-line, disconcerting narrative rhythms (long slow passages contrasted with sudden outbursts of violence) and a carefully calculated use of film space (stylized compositions of concrete riverbeds, sweeping bridges, empty prison cells). Point Blank combines elements of film noir with stylistic touches of the European nouvelle vague. Boorman believes the film is about Lee Marvin’s brutalizing experiences in World War II, which dehumanized him and left him desperately searching for his humanity. Steven Soderbergh has described Point Blank as “memory film” for Marvin. “What it is is what you see,” responded Boorman. Director Boorman claims to not have an opinion on the matter. Viewers and critics have often questioned whether or not the film is really a dream that Walker has after he is shot in the very beginning. The film has a 97% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Slant Magazine reviewer Nick Schager notes in a 2003 review: “What makes Point Blank so extraordinary, however, is not its departures from genre conventions, but Boorman’s virtuoso use of such unconventional avant-garde stylistics to saturate the proceedings with a classical noir mood of existential torpor and romanticized fatalism.” Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and said “as suspense thrillers go Point Blank is pretty good.” Leonard Maltin gave the film three and a half stars: “Taut thriller, ignored in 1967, but now regarded as a top film of the decade.” In her 1967 New Yorker review of Bonnie and Clyde, Pauline Kael wrote: “A brutal new melodrama is called Point Blank, and it is.” Kael later called the film “intermittently dazzling”. Margaret Booth, a legendarily traditional-minded supervising editor on the picture, told Boorman as the execs filed out, “You touch one frame of this film over my dead body!” Boorman had the pots taken out to “make it all bare.”Īfter Boorman showed the finished cut to executives, they were “very perplexed and mumbling about reshoots”. Acker was accidentally hurt by the blanks that Vernon used to shoot at Marvin early in the film.ĭirector Boorman chose locations that were “stark.” For example, the airplane terminal walkway that Marvin walked down originally had flower pots lining the walls. During the shoot, Angie Dickinson and Sharon Acker modeled contemporary fashions for a Life magazine exclusive against the backdrop of the prison. While Marvin and Wynn enjoyed shooting on location, Wynn was concerned about the weather and the need to loop half the dialogue. Two weeks in the abandoned prison facility required the services of 125 crew members. This was the first film ever to shoot at Alcatraz, the infamous prison which had been shut down since 1963, only three years before the production. “It made a conventional scene something more,” added Boorman. He would just show you.” So Boorman changed the lines in the script so that Acker would essentially ask and answer Marvin’s questions, and the result is in the finished film. “I saw right away he was right,” replied Boorman, “Lee never made suggestions. On the rehearsal day in which Marvin asked Sharon Acker what happened to the money, Marvin had lines which he did not speak and forced Acker to continue the conversation on her own. Rehearsals took place at Marvin’s house in Los Angeles. The unusual structure of the film was due in part to the original script and developments during the course of shooting the film. So on my very first film in Hollywood, I had final cut and I made use of it.” He said, ‘I defer all those approvals to John. ‘And I have approval of principal cast?’. Boorman recalls, “ said, ‘I have script approval?’ They said ‘yes’. ![]() ![]() Marvin called up a meeting with the head of the studio, the producers, his agent and Boorman. When they agreed to work on the film, Marvin threw the script out the window. Both hated the script but loved the main character of Walker. Boorman and Marvin talked about a script based on the book The Hunter. The film was not a box office success in 1967 but has since gone on to become a cult classic, eliciting praise from such critics as film historian David Thomson.ĭirector John Boorman met Lee Marvin while on the set of The Dirty Dozen in London. Boorman directed the film at Marvin’s request and Marvin played a central role in the film’s development and staging. ![]() Point Blank is a 1967 American crime film directed by John Boorman, starring Lee Marvin and featuring Angie Dickinson, adapted from the crime noir pulp novel The Hunter by Donald E. ![]() |