![]() Outlandish as he appears, his costuming may be familiar to both meticulous military historians and extremely well-versed viewers of science fiction. ![]() Although he does not succeed in his quest, the fearsome Trandoshan remained devoted to his profession, standing as one of the series' most iconic bounty hunters. The most striking of the six bounty hunters who appear in 'The Empire Strikes Back,' wrapped in bandages and dented armor, Dengars scarred face tells you all you need to know about his. Bossk first appears in a line-up with rivals like Boba Fett, IG-88, Dengar, 4-LOM, and Zuckuss, all summoned by Darth Vader to hunt Han Solo. Among these are obvious influences, like Flash Gordon and Frank Herbert's Dune, but also the quintessential British sci-fi show, Doctor Who, which very literally predicted Bossk's costuming. Star Wars has been hugely influential on popular science fiction since it was first released, but it doubtlessly stands on the shoulders of many works that came before it. The Empire Strikes Back introduced a number of unique bounty hunters to the Star Wars universe, but the reptilian alien is clad in a yellow suit that was worn by another spaceman on the long-running BBC sci-fi show more than a decade earlier. Star Warsbounty hunter Bossk borrowed his costume from Doctor Who. A Gentle Giant LTD release Jedi beware As seen in the new series Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+, the Purge Trooper is trained for one purpose: hunting Jedi This 1/7 scale statue stands approximately 10 inches tall and depicts a black-and-red-armored Purge Trooper marching with his blaster at the ready.
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![]() These shocks use plastic bodies and pre-load clips to adjust ride height with multiple mounting holes for tuning. Speaking of the suspension, the Rustler VXL uses a tried-and-true 4-wheel independent design damped by 4 oil-filled shocks. ![]() This setup is actually quite rigid, allowing the shocks to handle the suspension duties. On the right side of the chassis is the waterproof receiver box while the waterproof Velineon VXL ESC is securely fastened to a small molded deck just in front of the rear shock tower. The chassis adds a separate kickup plate up front and a molded top deck over the servo for added rigidity. A molded battery box runs down the middle that is capable of accepting a 2- or 3S LiPo battery pack and is easily accessible via a small molded battery strap. The chassis on the Rustler is a molded, fiber-composite monocoque design. Recommended For: Beginners to Advanced drivers ![]() Product: Traxxas Rustler VXL Courtney Force Edition We’re going to break this sizzling Stadium Truck down and tell you about everything it has to offer, then take it for a test drive. Ah, but I’m here to tell you that their claims are in fact valid. For a 2WD Stadum Truck, these are all awesome features that seem too good to be true. Then there’s the addition of their TSM system, allowing you to drive it full speed without the fear of unsafe control. They’ve included an uber-powerful Velineon VXL-3S electronics package to it, added 3S LiPo battery capability and tout it can hit speeds of over 70mph – all fast. Take the body – it’s modeled after the Courtney Force Top Fuel Drag Racer, which is fast. Traxxas is all about speed and they’ve outfitted their Rustler with some new options to highlight this fact. ![]() Let’s imagine the following scenario: your company has a server on-premise, and you perform backups regularly to it. However, there is one type of risk that we have to consider: events that occur on-premise. ![]() We mentioned that one of the copies should be accessible for quick retrieval. However, the risk is high for the backup being corrupted, meaning that if you need it, it won’t be there. Imagine a situation that directly affects your primary data and your company has only one backup you need to rely on that backup to recover all your data. Upload photos to a cloud storage location and you’ll have an off-site backup.The big question is, “Why isn’t just a backup enough?”įirst of all, availability. Other possibilities include dedicated photo-storage services like Flickr, Google Photos, Apple’s iCloud Photo Library, Microsoft’s OneDrive, and Dropbox. This is especially convenient because it gives you an “off-site backup,” which is important - if your home burns down or is robbed and you lose everything, you’ll still have copies of your important photos available from elsewhere. These could back up the photos (and any other important files) on your external drive to an online location. ![]() CrashPlan, Carbonite, and Mozy are all designed for creating a backup copy of your files on remote servers. Online backup services are another option. RELATED: How to Automatically Upload Photos From Your Digital Camera You could then back up the computer’s files to an external drive with normal backup software and you’d have copies in multiple places. This works well if you have a computer with a large internal drive - if you have a desktop PC, you might want to buy and install a new hard drive. You could also store the photos on your computer and back them up to an external drive. There’s just no way around this in the Windows software ecosystem. Unfortunately, even this open-source tool tries to install junkware, so watch out when you install it. Microsoft’s old SyncToy application does this well, but the open-source FreeFileSync application is more robust. You can do this manually by dragging and dropping files, but you’ll probably want to use an application that will “sync” the contents of one drive to an external drive. Get a second external drive and regularly make a copy of the data from the first external drive to the second one. Dump your photos on the main external drive as normal. But, at a minimum, you should be regularly backing up that external drive to another external drive. If want to store your photos and other data on an external drive, that’s fine. And it’s not a guaranteed result - it’s possible that a drive failure could render your data completely inaccessible, or that you’d only be able to recover some data from it. This could easily cost you upwards of a thousand dollars, depending on the service you go with. You might need to pay for professional data recovery services that will crack the drive open and attempt to get back your files. For example, part of the drive may have failed, but the actual data may still be stored safely. If you’re lucky, it may be possible to fix it. Let’s say that external drive with all your photos and other important data fails. RELATED: How to Recover a Deleted File: The Ultimate Guide Data Recovery Services Are Expensive, and Don’t Always Work But drives can always fail, and it’s crucial to have another copy. And, if you’ve never had a drive fail, it can seem to work fine. It can be tempting to dump your photos - and any other type of large data - on the external drive and just store it there if your computer doesn’t have much drive space. ![]() Also less than 1% of creatures in the reports are described as reptilian or scaly. Only about 20% of the reports mention a neck of any length, so it is not the monster’s normal form. Biochemist (and Nessie investigator) Roy Mackal said in 1976 there were over 10,000 reports of the Loch Ness monster but gave no evidence to back this, and a table in his book Monsters of Loch Ness only contains 251 reports. Most reports of the Loch Ness monster don’t feature long necks. The very first sightings of the Loch Ness monster were in 1930 and although there were more sightings in 1933, they started in April before King Kong was screened in Scotland. It’s more likely that King Kong only influenced rather than created the modern Nessie. The fact that the plesiosaur image of Nessie arose in August 1933 casts doubt on Daniel Loxton and Donald Prothero’s (2013) theory Nessie originated with the highly popular 1933 King Kong film with its portrayal of a man-eating, long-necked, swamp-dwelling reptile. One (but not the only one) popular image of the Loch Ness monster was born. He claimed it had a long neck which allowed a journalist five days later to suggest it was a plesiosaur, a type of long-necked marine reptile from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Spicer just described it as a prehistoric reptile. Until then informed commentators assumed that if there was an animal in the loch, it was some sort of vagrant freshwater animal like a seal that had made its way from the Moray Firth. Yet it would only be in August of 1933 that witness George Spicer, who saw Nessie on land, first suggested that the creature was a reptile. The first eyewitness reports of a strange animal in the loch started in 1930. Nessie’s modern genesis really started in April 1933. However, it was the notion of the Loch Ness monster as a prehistoric reptile that really captured the public’s imagination in the 1930s. Each time, the person claimed the idea was original. ![]() For example, the idea that the Loch Ness monster was originally a swimming elephant from a visiting circus, resurfaced three times, in 1934, 19. Some theories have been reinvented independently, showing the ingenuity of each generation of Nessie inventors. Many early suggestions by foreign zoologists implied they thought the loch was saltwater, which explains suggestions of sunfishes, whales, sharks and rays. The people who came up with these theories were not necessarily that familiar with the loch. There have been over 85 theories of what the Loch Ness monster is, ranging from the prosaic ( wind slicks, reflections, plant debris and boat wakes) to the zoological implausible (anacondas, killer whales and the ocean sunfish) to the frankly bonkers (ghost dinosaurs). The witnesses certainly saw something, but what? Although the video clearly shows a moving v-shaped wake it does not reveal the underlying source. The latest report, accompanied by a video, is of a 20-30ft long creature occasionally breaking the water’s surface. Reports of Loch Ness monster sightings keep coming. ![]() Max for Live so you have access to a range of instruments, effects and customizations created by the Live community.Live keeps everything in sync and works in real-time, so you can play and modify your musical ideas without interrupting the creative flow. Instant mappings so you can use Live with your keyboards or controller. Ableton Live lets you easily create, produce and perform music within one intuitive interface.56 Effects for processing audio and MIDI (including Echo, Pedal, Beat Repeat, Amp, Vocoder, Glue and lots more) 13 Instruments to try (including Wavetable, Operator, Sampler, Analog and more) 56 Effects for processing audio and.13 Instruments to try (including Wavetable, Operator, Sampler, Analog and more).Live comes with a versatile collection of instruments, sounds, kits and loops for creating any kind of music and provides a full complement of effects to tweak and process your sound. The setup wizard will guide you through the steps necessary to install Live 10 on your Windows machine. Choose 'Extract All.' from the drop down menu and launch the Setup.msi file by double clicking it once the file has been unpacked. Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11Ībleton Live lets you easily create, produce and perform music within one intuitive interface. Live 10: Please unpack the downloaded zip file by right-clicking on it. ![]() I’d like the option to be able to undo iterative changes, or better yet, a history option similar to Lightroom. Undo/History – At the moment all that is available to you is a one button reset button which will take you back to square one.I’d like the ability to create and/or upload our own brush strokes. Custom Brushes/Textures – At the moment you’re stuck using the ones that Topaz has provided with the platform.This does keep the interface and customization options easy to learn and use, but limits what you can do in a way. Local Adjustments – At the moment there’s no way to go about modifying on a local level.This is version 1.0.0 and I’m sure the people at Topaz have plans to build out Impression in the future, but there are a few things missing that I’d personally like to see included in future versions. Of course this can’t control what’s happening inside your photograph, but rather, it controls the way the lighting effects the textures that you’ve applied to the painting allowing you to match this up with the lighting inside your photograph. One other interesting aspect of Impression is that it gives you the ability to control the direction of your lighting. From a basic global setting, to selectively adjusting the various tones that make up your image you have the ability to get fairly specific with your modifications here. However, you don’t just control the way the brush strokes are presented, but Impression also lets you control how the various colors of your image are displayed. You have the ability to control things like the size of the brush, the amount and opacity of the ‘paint’ that’s making up your image, the width and length of your stroke, and spill, smudge and coverage give you even more creative control over the look of the image. Inside the customizer you have a number of controls available to you, from 14 different types of brush strokes to multiple preloaded textures. The customizer in Topaz Impression is where the magic happens. More on Customization Inside Topaz Impression As you can see in the screen capture above, the preset has been changed in a number of ways to create an image that is drastically different than the preset I’d selected. This is where Impression really can come to life. Like any good digital photo editor you have the ability to modify the chosen preset to suite the image you’ve uploaded. There are a handful of presets to choose from in a variety of categories: Ancient, Impressionistic, Modern, Painting, Pencil, Charcoal & Pastel, and of course you can create your own as you work with the platform and find that you prefer certain tweaks over other ones. ![]() You can do this either by choosing “Edit In Topaz Impression” from your Lightroom library or, as seen further above, you can simply uploading a photograph directly into Impression from your computer’s hard drive. A basic workflow would look something like this: Pop in an image ![]() Impression’s user experience is built on the idea of starting with a preset and then customizing that further to suit the needs and vision of the artist. The other great benefit of Topaz Impression is the user interface, which is fairly intuitive and easy to navigate, while still being fairly powerful in terms of the customization options you have available to you – in comparison Simplify’s interface can be kind of cumbersome to use.Īs I mentioned, one of the great things about Impression is that it’s fairly simple to use. The basic difference is that Simplify works by removing or softening the details and edges within a photograph that you present to it, while Impression works by creating different brush strokes based on the customizations that you choose. If this sounds familiar you might be thinking of their other product, which is a plugin called Topaz Simplify (which I covered in a past article here on DPS Create Art with your Photos Using Topaz Simplify), and it does provide some similar functionality, but works in a different manner. On the surface Topaz Impression is a digital image processor which allows you to take any photograph and convert it into something that resembles painted or drawn art. However, I should make it very clear up front, that this is not a standard keep it real kind of image processor, so if you cringe at the thought of image manipulation you may want to turn away now. Topaz Labs recently released a new standalone image processor called Topaz Impression and I wanted to show you how it works and the kinds of things you can create with it. ![]() When x and y are different objects that become the same value after the first step of Less than: x When x and y are the same object that becomes NaN after the first step of Less than (such as new Date(NaN)): x When one of x or y is undefined, and the other is one of null or undefined: x Meanwhile, Google Docs has the easiest way to insert symbols that are not. When one of x or y is null, and the other is something that's not null and becomes 0 when coerced to numeric (including 0, 0n, false, "", "0", new Date(0), etc.): x X <= y is generally equivalent to x < y || x = y, except for a few cases: Because coercion may have side effects, the order of the operands may matter. In addition, x <= y coerces x to a primitive before y, while y < x coerces y to a primitive before x. (For example, strings that cannot be converted to numbers, or undefined.) ![]() Intersection Symbol Text Shortcut (Mac) Place your cursor in the text area. for decoding skills that are not equal to the user,s language comprehension abilities. If one of the operands gets converted to NaN. You can insert this does not equal to symbol in microsoft word by two methods. Website: Reading and Writing Skills Text Reading.If one of the operands gets converted to a BigInt, while the other gets converted to a string that cannot be converted to a BigInt value (it throws a syntax error when passed to BigInt()).The operands are compared using the same algorithm as the Less than operator, with the operands swapped and the result negated. Warning: unreachable code after return statement.Warning: -file- is being assigned a //# sourceMappingURL, but already has one.TypeError: X.prototype.y called on incompatible type.TypeError: setting getter-only property "x".TypeError: Reduce of empty array with no initial value. ![]()
Postal Service and Amazon, according to a market analysis by shipping and mailing company Pitney Bowes Inc. parcel carrier by revenue in 2022, behind only UPS Inc. Indeed, FedEx remained the second-biggest U.S. In the face of those headwinds, FedEx’s founder and former CEO Fred Smith has said in recent comments that he doesn’t view Amazon as a direct competitor, and that he sees innovative ideas as the key to FedEx’s future success. 5. ![]() The change comes at a complex time for the parcel sector, when interest and inflation rates are exerting economic pressure, the freight trucking market is knee-deep in a downturn cycle, and many package carriers are keeping a wary eye on the growing last-mile delivery capability of Amazon. Phrased in the company’s corporate lingo, the new structure is intended to facilitate the company’s cost-cutting “DRIVE” transformation, including “Network 2.0,” its multi-year effort to improve the efficiency with which FedEx picks up, transports, and delivers packages in the U.S. In other anticipated changes, the unified organization “will bring distinct focus on the air network and international volume, as well as a more holistic approach to operations on the ground utilizing both FedEx employees and contracted service providers,” the company said. “This combination will allow us to provide customers with even greater value, offering the most advanced data-driven insights to help them make smarter decisions for their business.” “We are building a simplified experience for our customers, who are at the center of everything we do, so they can adapt to the market,” Raj Subramaniam, who will serve as president and CEO of the combined organization, said in a release. When the change is fully implemented by June 2024, the new single company will operate a “unified, fully integrated air-ground network” that creates efficiencies to enhance the company's ability to meet the evolving needs of customers, FedEx said. OnTheAir Video Express uses the same playout engine as OnTheAir Video and OnTheAir Node, but it does not have any graphic overlay feature, nor the smart resize (it has a 'standard' resize though). Create as many playlists as you want, and play them within seconds. Buy Softron OnTheAir Video 3 Upgrade from OnTheAir Video Express 3 (Electronic Download) featuring Mac-Based, Automated Playout Software, Sophisticated Auto / Manual Scheduler, Static Logo Overlay, Clip Store for Live / Local Broadcasts, Supports Streaming via Optional Software, Supports Mixed Codecs and Resolutions, Plays Still Images in Several Formats, Audio Support Up to 5.1 Channels. ![]() The lone exception to the realignment is FedEx Freight, which will continue to provide less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation services as a stand-alone company under that parent organization. OnTheAir Video Express is an easy-to-use professional playout application. today announced plans to consolidate most of its operating companies into one organization in search of cost cuts, bringing FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Services, and other FedEx operating companies into an umbrella unit called Federal Express Corp. ![]() Strength is also an advantage of the boxer design – the crankshaft is sandwiched between the left and right hand crankcases and is supported by 5 main bearings. This results in reduced noise, vibration and less power loss from the engine. Due to the balance afforded by horizontally-opposed cylinders, the crankshaft requires less weighting and so there is no need to install balance shafts. According to official Subaru literature, there are several advantages to the boxer design. The B4 is powered by a 'phase 2' all-alloy DOHC, 16-valve, intercooled turbo 2-litre boxer four. In 2002, the B4 RS30 was introduced with a naturally aspirated 3.0 L EZ30 DOHC flat-six engine. In 2001, a B4 RS25 model was introduced with a naturally aspirated 2.5 L DOHC engine. Ī B4 TS-R model was equipped with a less powerful, naturally aspirated 2.0 L DOHC AVCS engine, but shared many of the body and suspension components of the more powerful RSK. This results in a 0–60 mph time of 5.6 seconds for the manual and 6.6 seconds for the automatic. The B4 moniker also applied to naturally aspirated models, such as the 2.0 L TS-R.Īustralia models (called B4) were detuned to run on lower octane (98 RON) fuel and were rated 258 PS (190 kW 254 hp) for the manual and 239 PS (176 kW 236 hp) for the automatic models. This engine was popular with Japanese buyers due to reduced tax liability based on Japanese vehicle size legislation the car offered performance advantages over larger cars sold in Japan with bigger engines but with a smaller tax bill. ![]() This results in a 0–60 mph time of 5.2 seconds for the manual and 5.8 seconds for the automatic. The RSK featured the familiar DOHC, twin-turbo 2.0 litre engine rated 276 bhp (206 kW) (265 bhp (198 kW) for automatic with manual mode). The B4 model was introduced for the third generation and was a sedan-only model. The Legacy is the only vehicle in this class that provides AWD as standard equipment. In late 2000, the EZ30, a newly designed 3.0 L H6 was offered in the Outback and Lancaster (Japan) models. ![]() Even though dimensions became mid-sized, it was still rated by the EPA as a compact car.įlat roof wagons are no longer manufactured worldwide, and instead the raised roof is used for both the Legacy and Outback wagons (Lancaster in Japan). World-market and Japanese models ranged from a naturally aspirated or twin turbo 2.0 liter flat-4 to naturally aspirated 3.0 liter. Production in the United States lasted through 2004.Īt its introduction in 1999, it won the Automotive Researchers' and Journalists' Conference Car of the Year award in Japan.Īll models were equipped with standard, symmetrical all wheel drive. In all markets except for the United States, production lasted through 2002, with a limited production Blitzen model sold mid-cycle under the 2003 model year in Japan. Subaru launched the third generation Japanese and world-market Legacy in June 1998, while the North American model was introduced in May 1999 for the 2000 model year. The handbook covers the Legacy from 1993-1998 "SUBARU Super Real Focus Sound System GX-99" " This is a highly advanced system with CD player, 120 Watt High Power Amp, DSP, AM/FM Multi Electronic Tuner, Full Logic Control Cassette Deck & CD Changer Control."ĭifficult to read but written on the face of the unit is: There is a diagram showing that it is a double din unit. Now unfortunately the manual does not go into deep detail, they say "This system has its own user manual with the system" The top end system available for the Legacy was called the If his Japanese import still had the original system, he might be able to give you details.īTW, just in case you are interested, I have a Japanese Owner's Manual from the time I had the two Twin Turbo Legacys. These came fitted with Super Real sounds system as standard. Hairy owns an extremely sweet S4 Burgundy SVX. Have you any reason to believe or definite information to prove that the door speakers are bigger and there is a separate amplifier? It just seems to me they would not go to the trouble of redesigning different door cards, but I could be wrong about that.Ī person who might know what the system has is Hairy on the New Zealand forum. I have never seen any detail on this Super Real sound system for the SVX. So if you have the patience to scroll though to find the free ones that are available, then this site can be very useful. ![]() Obviously the paid for models / blocks are of a higher quality, and these are mixed in with the free blocks, but clearly labelled to avoid confusion. This site does supply free blocks, but is actually a mixture of both free and paid for models. The blocks are broken down into categories for easy navigation, and in terms of compatibility, you will need AutoCAD 2004 or higher, which for most should not be problem. It’s a no thrills website and there is not a huge range (not as much as the paid and free sites) but there’s more than enough to get you by, as long as you are not after anything too specialist. So here we provide the only 5 free CAD block sites you’ll ever need: For us this one sat at the top of the Google rankings, and whilst its interface is very dated, it does provide a solid set of basic 2D CAD bathroom, furniture, tree, kitchen, chairs and people blocks, that both architects and students would require …for free Too many have clumsy and out of date interfaces and fail to provide either a preview of the CAD file, a usable block, or a free DWG file altogether. However there just aren’t 10 CAD block sites that are worth mentioning. Where can I download free CAD files? …The Best free CAD block librariesīefore writing this article, we had set out to provide a top 10 list of the best and most relevant free CAD block libraries available. The term CAD is an abbreviation of Computer Aided Design, and where you may see “auto” placed in front of it (making AutoCAD) this is simply in relation to Autodesk’s CAD program “ AutoCAD”, which also happens to be the industry standard for 2D drawing and thus the most popular. They can also be used to provide the drawing with additional information, such as a lighting or electrical layout. ![]() Why are they used?ĬAD blocks are ultimately a form of representation that add depth and meaning to 2D and 3D drawings, by providing the drawings with scale, context and legibility, through the use of furniture, vegetation and people. ![]() That said however, with the increasing amount of architects and architectural practices now using BIM, and there are many libraries available that also provide 3D CAD blocks to suit these related programs such as Revit, Vectorworks and ArchiCAD. In the case of this article and in fact for their general use within architecture, they are most commonly used to populate 2D CAD drawings, and can be anything from a tree, person, item of furniture, electrical symbol …anything! Firstly through and for those that do not know, a CAD or AutoCAD block can be defined as a group of 2D or 3D lines and/or elements that are grouped together to form an object in a DWG file format. |