![]() No door icon appears when hovering the cursor over that wall section, and I also can't simply tell my guy to walk into the secret corridor. It's pretty clear where all the secret doors are, but I can't seem to use them. You need to spend 10k per month on each xenonaut you have. I took over the Command Room, revealing the entire map of the alien base. ![]()
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![]() If this is the first video you've seen of me, you might be thinking, oh my god, she cannot play the flute!! I can play the flute. Demo of why not to have a smiley embouchure. And you won't be able to play high notes like this. This is why having a smiley embouchure is so bad for your flute playing. So this is a good embouchure, and this is a bad flute embouchure. I'll tell you why in a sec, this is what I mean. Number two tip to getting rid of the air in your flute sound is: stop smiling when you play the flute! If anyone has told you to smile when you play, don't do it. And let me tell you for lots of people, that is the problem. When you play, this eliminates wasted air i f the cause of your wasted air is too big a hole. So number one tip is to get a smaller hole in your mouth in your flute embouchure. So here are the two excellent tips for you to get rid of the air in your sound, and fix your embouchure.įix your embouchure and you will fix the ai r in your sound. Now that is either from blowing too hard, or you have too big a hole and you have escaping air or you're blowing in the wrong direction. A fluffy flute sound means wasted airĪn airy sound on the flute means you have wasted air when you're blowing. ![]() If you learn the tiny little techniques, like what I'm showing you today, you will see gigantic leaps forward in how quickly you sound better on the flute. I'm a flute teacher and I love teaching people the exact proper techniques to get faster progress. How to get rid of the air in your flute sound Two good tips for a less airy flute sound It's easier and more logical than you might think to make your flute tone clearer and stronger! Here are my top 2 tips for you to get rid of the "air" in your flute sound. ![]() ![]() When a woman reaches an extreme state-when Talibs have discovered a safe house, when a relative has been kidnapped or killed, when money has run out, when suicide seems imminent-Marshman, working with the undercover Afghan staff of two American humanitarian organizations, pays for passports, visas, and the overland journey across the border. The Taliban are looking for me and want to arrest me.” When the Taliban raided a woman’s house, Marshman stayed awake to advise her: When Noori spent two weeks alone in a Kabul hospital waiting to give birth-because of her military background, it was too risky for her family to visit her-Marshman sent encouraging texts and then money for the C-section. And honestly, a lot of it is preventing suicide.” When one of the women runs out of food, Marshman sends cash from her own funds. “Who is in really bad shape, who cannot feed their children, whose child is going to die if they don’t get medicine, who is going to be executed if I don’t move them into a safe house in Afghanistan, who can be linked together. “I have to triage all the time who should get what amount of money based on need,” Marshman told me. The list now includes 206 people-90 principals, mostly former military or police women, and 116 dependents. She gives priority to single women and mothers with young children, and her list keeps growing as other Afghans hear about her and send desperate WhatsApp texts. Jackson, Queen Elizabeth, Elon Musk, Mahsa Amini, the midterm elections, Sam Bankman-Fried, ChatGPT, earthquakes, floods, fires, two Super Bowls, six Trump investigations, dozens of mass shootings, and the return of Biden versus Trump, Marshman, on her own time, has worked single-mindedly to keep her network of Afghans alive and bring them to safety. Through the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Slap, Dobbs v. Marshman never stopped trying to get them out. (In my account of those events in this magazine, she was given the pseudonym Alice Spence.) Scores more women were left behind, including 32 FTPs, all thoroughly vetted by the U.S. As the Taliban took over, Marshman, working with other American military women, and texting from her house in Honolulu, helped guide more than two dozen Afghan military women and their family members into the Kabul airport and out of Afghanistan, heading to the U.S. In August 2021, just before the fall of the Afghan government, one of them, a female commando named Mahjabin, was murdered in Kabul. Marshman became close to several members of the FTPs. Marshman had served in Afghanistan, where she trained all-women Afghan special-forces units called Female Tactical Platoons, or FTPs, and joined them on dangerous combat missions with male Afghan and American commandos. It would have been dangerous, maybe fatal, to tell the Talib that she had named her daughter after a United States Army reserve captain named Victoria Marshman. “Why Victoria? Why didn’t you give her a proper Islamic name?” Noori showed them hospital documents requiring medical treatment for her C-section. “Why aren’t you happy here in Afghanistan?” All that mattered was whether someone was a good human being. “In our eyes, we don’t see black and white,” Noori replied. Why did you crossbreed? Why does this family exist?” “You should have married a Hazara, and you should have married a Tajik. “Why is a Hazara married to a Tajik?” a Talib demanded. Only the baby’s birth gave her the strength to keep going.īorder guards searched their bags and examined their documents. At times, Noori later told me, she’d considered suicide, even after she knew that she was pregnant. They had spent the past year in flight from town to town, safe house to safe house. As former special-forces soldiers who had fought alongside Americans, and as a mixed couple-he is Tajik, she Hazara, a persecuted Shia minority-they were prime targets for revenge killing by Afghanistan’s new rulers. They hadn’t seen their parents since the fall of Afghanistan a year before. They had sold everything else, including the furniture and handmade curtains and bedspread that made up Noori’s wedding dowry, to buy passports. Noori and Elham, in their early 20s, were carrying just two small bags, one with the baby’s clothes, the other with their own. The day was hot the baby was crying the crowd pressed in. Last September, Safia Noori her husband, Fakhruddin Elham and their four-month-old daughter, Victoria, traveled to Torkham and joined a throng of Afghans waiting to be allowed across by Taliban guards. One of them crosses the mountainous eastern border with Pakistan in a town called Torkham. T here are few ways of escape from the Taliban’s Afghanistan. ![]() Large models with targeted use cases can have very good results: using a dataset with tons of piano audio will be effective at recognizing piano input.īut we wanted a model that could work with input from a variety of instruments and polyphonic recordings to create a tool that’s useful for piano virtuosos as well as shower crooners. Think OpenAI’s Jukebox with its billions of parameters, or DALL-E and its 12 billion parameters, or Meta’s OPT-175B, a 175-billion-parameter large language model. When we look around at popular ML models today, we see a tendency toward computationally extreme solutions. Usually in ML, to make things more accurate, the easiest way is to add more data and make our models bigger. In general, it’s hard to make systems that are both accurate and efficient. To build Basic Pitch, we trained a neural network to predict MIDI note events given audio input. So now they can capture their ideas whenever inspiration strikes and get a head start on their compositions using the instrument of their choice, whether that’s guitar, flugelhorn, or their own voice.Įasy peasy! Well… Does better always have to mean bigger? Bottom: The output of Basic Pitch.īasic Pitch gives musicians and audio producers access to the power and flexibility of MIDI, whether they own specialized MIDI gear or not. The MIDI output can then be imported into a digital audio workstation for further adjustments.Ĭomparing nuance and accuracy using a guitar example. 2022).īy combining these properties, Basic Pitch lets you take input from a variety of instruments and easily turn it into MIDI output, with a high degree of nuance and accuracy.
It is now believed to symbolize the star constellation Leo. The Lion-Man of Hohlenstein-Stadel Cave, the oldest known sculpture, dates back to 38,000 BCE. The painting in Lascaux, France, as well as other prehistoric art cited in the study, also suggested that other ancient relics were used for time-taking. Intellectually, they were hardly any different to us today," Sweatman said in a press release. "Early cave art shows that people had advanced knowledge of the night sky within the last ice age. But the new research suggests that the phenomenon was understood long before the ancient Greeks. Greek astronomer Hipparchus is credited with discovering the science of equinoxes around 129 BC. ![]() By noting the star constellations seen on certain dates, the ancient people also showed an understanding of the equinoxes, which occur due to the gradual shift of Earth's rotational axis on its orbital path. The archaeologists believe that humans from up to 40,000 years ago used this art as a way to keep track of time. The ancient people who created this art were tracking time long before the ancient Greeks Then they used advanced software to calculate where stars were positioned at the times the art was created.Īfter comparing the two sets of data, they figured out that many of the cave paintings mark the dates of significant comet sightings, and were correlated with star constellations that were visible at those times. For their research, the team analyzed the chemical makeup of the paint used in cave drawings and dated the art back 12,000 to 40,000 years. Martin Sweatman and Alistair Coombs from the Universities of Edinburgh and Kent published their findings in the Athens Journal of History last month. The art, which includes drawings of bulls, rams, leopards, scorpions, and fish, actually represents constellations of stars in the night sky, they said. Chart the stars and planets visible to the unaided eye from any location, at any time of day or night, on any date between the years 1600 to 2400 by entering your location, either via zip code, city, or latitude/longitude. But researchers in Europe now believe that humans living thousands of years before the ancient Greeks already had a nuanced understanding of the stars.Īfter studying previously known cave paintings depicting animals across Spain, France, Turkey, and Germany, two researchers realized the illustrations weren't just drawings of nearby wildlife. The interactive sky chart offers a lot in the way of customizing what you want to see. Many historians credit ancient Greek scholars like Plato and Aristotle for advancing the field of modern astronomy. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]() Note that on the right is a Preview area, along with a set of DV camera controls. I selected to Capture parts of the tape manually and to Show preview during capture. In most cases, you'll want to look over the tape, and select sections ![]() The tape, or whether you want to capture clips manually. You're asked whether you want to simply capture everything that's on So that I could end up with a file that would work well on DVD, butĬould also be later rendered into a smaller file with lower quality for Ĭhoosing one can result in significantly-lower (or higher) file size,Īlong with a significantly smaller (or larger) display size. Single purpose, however, take a look at the drop-down list of other settings. ![]() You are sure that you will only be using your captured video for a Higher-quality purpose, you'll be stuck with a poor quality video. You later want to use your video clips for a DVD or other If however, you initiallyĬapture your video with a smaller display size or lower fps rate, if Rate- you can always use that file to create a video (for web use) Want to choose an option with a relatively large display size and fps Unless you don't have much free hard drive space, you may Key information is display size and frames per (Theĭefault is to create a computer-quality video). Next, you'll be promptedįor a somewhat geeky bit of information about what quality to save yourĪn option depending on where you expect to be viewing your videos. ![]() Assuming yourĬamcorder is powered on and recognized by your computer, you should seeĪ file name for your soon-to-be captured video clip, and (optionally)īrowse to choose a location for the video files (if you want someplaceĭifferent than the default My Videos folder. Your computer's Firewire port, and click on that item. To do that, connect your camcorder's Firewire port to Sound effects, or other audio files that are already on your computer.Īlternatively (and more likely in this case), you may want to Capture from video device (i.e. You can import video clips, photos (or other images) or music, The first step is to Capture Video -īring video, still pictures, or music in for use in your MovieMaker Notice that it helps to walk the user through the steps, with a series of options in the left-hand frame. Look for Windows MovieMaker in the Start Menu's Accessories folder. Need a cable with the correct-sized plugs (though you may be able to Large (6-pin) Firewire ports- most desktop computers have largeįirewire ports (if they have any at all!) most camcorders and mostįirewire-equipped notebook computers have the small-sized ports. Be aware, however, that there are small (4-pin) and Windows ME or XP, you can connect your camcorder to your computer usingĪ Firewire cable. That you have a digital camcorder, a PC with Firewire ports, and To connect up to older (non-digital) camcorders. Have Firewire ports for connection to computers it is more difficult It with a PCI card for desktop models (about $35) or a PC Card (also This may be built-into your computer if not, you can add (This is sometimes referred to as IEEE 1394 or iLink on SonyĬomputers). These programs is easy- as long as your PC has a Firewire connector. Getting video from a digital camcorder into any of People (including schools, teachers, and students) have access to aĭigital camcorder. Power Producer are often older versions of commercial products theyĪre usable and often have more features than Windows Move Maker but are (These programs, such as ULead Video Studio and CyberLink Is often included with hardware such as DVD burners or Firewire add-inĬards. With other Windows versions, however, other software for making videos Movie Maker is a simple application that is included with Microsoft's Turkish translation by Zoltan Solakīefore you start, you may want to look over my tutorial: Adding Video to Your Website (without fancy streaming servers). I am grateful I got this on my Boxycharm Premium Sept 2020 box this is one way of discovering some hidden gems. Overall this oil is a keeper and I already have another one ready to go. One thing I’m excited about it also offers antioxidants which is what I look for to tackle free radicals like UV and Pollution. My skin always feels hydrated, radiant, and surely has improved. ![]() This oil is lightweight, doesn’t feel greasy at all, a few drops is enough to cover my face and neck area. ![]() The scent is very calming due to the 9 essential oils but my hubby is not a fan of the scent. This oil is one I apply just at night, since I have oily skin I notice it worked best for me at night only. 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With my crazy skincare background, you might understand why I am a little afraid to just try any product I get especially in my boxes.įor that reason, I want to share the products I tried for many weeks to months and what has worked for me. ![]() So I started doing DIYs for my skin and I saw a little improvement, what really changed for the better was trying out Korean Skincare. Well, I gave up because my doctor said he didn’t know what else to give me. They tried ointments, oral prescription, and other things.Īfter not seeing any improvements in fact I was having negative reactions to what they would prescribe that I just gave up. To share a little more about my skin complications, I struggle with extreme acne for over 15 years, and if that wasn’t hard enough I also have sensitive skin.įor years I tried a few dermatologists in search of improvement from acne and hyperpigmentation. Trying out new skincare on sensitive and acne-prone skin can be a big challenge. At first, it was mostly makeup but that changed once other categories were added like skincare. Boxycharm is one of my favorite subscription services I enjoyed for many years now. ![]() One of these rules is that when ending a Flex trip, the car needs to be within the Zipzone and parked legally in accordance with the specific rules to each borough, such as parking in a residents’ bay. with that, we ensure that clear Zipcar Flex parking rules are provided to all our members when booking a vehicle, and can be found throughout their trip via the app and the online help centre. It says: “Transparency and convenience are very important to us. Zipcar insists that different parking rules in London boroughs are made clear to users both through the app and its help centre – with links to the various council websites – and that it does not state that members can park anywhere they like. Zipcar Flex aims to provide a cheap and convenient way for consumers to use cars in the capital. I have since stopped using the service because, in my view, it is not worth it, is misleading and offers poor customer service. This is crazy as the fines come through months late and at the maximum amount. On top of this, it charges an extra £15 each time as a processing fee. I was simply sent an extract from its contract stating that I was liable for the fine. The feedback we get from the community along with the proposed rules will be presented to the City Council in September.Zipcar customer services told me that in the help area of its website it states that each borough has different parking regulations and that, even though the app marks an area as blue (meaning you are allowed to park there), this is not actually the case. Let us know if you are interested in hearing a presentation. about the proposed service and the rules it would operate under. ![]() City staff is making presentations (via Zoom) with community groups in Revel’s initial service area and some immediately outside. But, it expands the options for those who own a car as well as those who don’t or can no longer afford to own one. One-way car and moped sharing won’t work for all trips. Over time, they plan to expand to serve the entire city. When they start, their service area would cover the Greater Downtown. ![]() Revel is a one-way, shared electric moped company that is interested in coming to San José. Rides must end in the company’s service area. So, for example, a user could rent a car or moped parked near their home, drive it to a train station, and park the vehicle, ending their rental. With one-way moped or car sharing, users can make trips in one direction. At the conclusion of each rental, users must return the vehicle to its reserved parking spot. Zipcar currently has approximately 15 vehicles stationed in San José, most downtown and a couple in North San José. Zipcar currently offers round-trip car-sharing services in the city. Shared vehicle services come in two flavors: round-trip and one-way. However, in this case users pay for the service either by the minute or the mile. Like the library, when you sign up with a car-sharing or moped-sharing service, you can use a vehicle when you need one, without having to buy it. With a library card you can check out a book, read it, and return it when you are done for someone else to borrow. Using a shared vehicle service is similar to using the library. The City is developing the rules to allow companies that offer one-way shared moped and car services to expand to San Jose. Part of the One-Way Vehicle Sharing Effort During his first week in office, President Biden launched the most ambitious environmental justice agenda in our nation’s history. President Biden and Vice President Harris believe that every person has a right to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live in a healthy community – now and into the future. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””.The White House Show submenu for “The White House””.Office of the United States Trade Representative.Office of Science and Technology Policy.Executive Offices Show submenu for “Executive Offices””.Administration Show submenu for “Administration””.Here is everything you need to know about the European Social Security Pass. 2023: Presentation of the outcomes of the second phase Recommendations for a possible large-scale deployment. ![]()
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